Boyd will challenge Arlington Heights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Boyd 1.4, Arlington Heights 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Arlington Heights' hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Saturday: Boyd hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. The Yellowjackets' pitchers stepped up to hand Pilot Point a 10-0 shutout on Friday. The Yellowjackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Arlington Heights didn't have quite enough to beat Grapevine on Friday and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Yellowjackets have lost by just one run.
Arlington Heights saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mitchell Carpenter, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.
Boyd pushed their record up to 25-3 with the victory, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.1 runs over those games. As for Arlington Heights, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 21-9-1.
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