The Bryan Vikings will take on the Harker Heights Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Bryan turned things around against Copperas Cove on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Bulldawgs.
Meanwhile, Harker Heights won against Killeen on Friday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Harker Heights put the hurt on Killeen with a sharp 14-1 win. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Jonatan Mercado was a standout: he scored three runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Another player making a difference was Sean Carr, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run.
Harker Heights hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Killeen struck out eight times.
Harker Heights pushed their record up to 10-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Bryan, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-10-2.
Bryan came out on top in a nail-biter against Harker Heights when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 5-4. Will Bryan repeat their success, or does Harker Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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