For the second straight game, Harmony will face off against New Diana. Harmony will head out to take on New Diana at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Harmony couldn't beat New Diana on Tuesday even though they stacked four runs on them in the second inning. Harmony fell just short of New Diana by a score of 7-6. Harmony has struggled against New Diana recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
For New Diana's part, Drew Cummings tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Cummings a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Landon Melton, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. He has become a key player for New Diana: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 7-11 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Max Martinez, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
New Diana has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-11 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Harmony, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
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