The Garden Spot Spartans will take on the Hempfield Black Knights at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Garden Spot's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 14-0 margin over Octorara Area. The Spartans have beaten the Braves the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Braves has come to flipping the script.
Jake Speers and Ryder Hertzler did most of the damage at the plate: Speers scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Hertzler scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Madix Bracken, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Hempfield strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They put the hurt on Penn Manor with a sharp 7-1 victory.
Hempfield let Joshua Toole and Brayden Hostetter run wild. Toole scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4, while Hostetter scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Hempfield pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Garden Spot, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
Garden Spot came up short against Hempfield when the teams last played back in April of 2016, falling 9-5. Can the Spartans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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