Federal Hocking has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Eastern Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Federal Hocking came up short against Frontier and fell 13-8.
Meanwhile, Eastern came tearing into Wednesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Tornadoes out 4-3.
Peyton Buckley made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Buckley has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Buckley was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Buckley wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Needs, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Federal Hocking dropped their record down to 0-20 with that loss, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Eastern, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Federal Hocking suffered a grim 24-3 defeat to Eastern in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Buckley, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Now that Federal Hocking 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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