Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morristown-Hamblen East). They put the hurt on the South Greene Rebels with a sharp 14-2 win on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Hurricanes in their matchups with the Rebels: they've now won six in a row.
Landry Winstead and Isaac Greene did most of the damage at the plate: Winstead scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Greene scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Morristown-Hamblen East is undefeated when Winstead posts two or more runs, but 3-13-1 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Bryson Walker, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
Hurricanes
| 04/04/25 vs South Greene | 44.4% |
| 04/03/25 @ Carter | 29.6% |
| 04/02/25 vs Morristown-Hamblen West | 22.2% |
| 04/01/25 @ Morristown-Hamblen West | 22.2% |
| 03/28/25 @ Cherokee | 38.7% |
| + 36 more games |
Morristown-Hamblen East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.
Morristown-Hamblen East's win bumped their record up to 6-13-1. As for South Greene, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-12.
Coming up, Morristown-Hamblen East will head out to face off against Jefferson County at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for South Greene, they will host Hampton at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The Bulldogs have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.23 runs per game on average), something the Rebels will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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