The Rock Hill Blue Hawks will square off against the McKinney Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rock Hill has four straight wins, McKinney has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rock Hill is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Heritage 15-4 last Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Brayden Kemp and Luke Tanner did most of the damage at the plate: Kemp got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs and one stolen base, while Tanner went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Trevor Kruse, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two doubles.
Rock Hill always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, McKinney suffered their closest loss since February 28th on Thursday. They fell just short of Plano East by a score of 6-4.
Beck Posey was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and one RBI. Eldrick Ramos was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.
McKinney's defeat dropped their record down to 10-16. As for Rock Hill, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
Rock Hill took their victory against McKinney in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Blue Hawks repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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