The Western Harnett Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Triton Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Western Harnett will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Western Harnett is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against E.E. Smith on Friday as Western Harnett made off with a 28-0 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Tristan Giddens made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Giddens was even better at the plate, scoring five runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Connor Covert was incredible, going 4-for-4 with six RBI, four runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Pace Holder, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and four RBI.
Meanwhile, Triton came up short against Harnett Central on Friday and fell 6-1. Triton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Western Harnett's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-17. As for Triton, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Western Harnett has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Triton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Western Harnett couldn't quite finish off Triton when the teams last played last Friday and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Triton's Braxton Davis, who didn't allow a single hit, only two earned runs while striking out 11 over 5.1 innings pitched. Now that Western Harnett knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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