The Citrus Hill Hawks will venture away from home to take on the Heritage Patriots at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Citrus Hill is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Citrus Hill is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against JW North on Tuesday as they made off with a 14-6 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Hawks considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Efren Urrea made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Urrea was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.
Noah Brion
| 04/29/25 vs JW North | 4 |
| 02/18/25 @ Indio | 2 |
| 04/23/25 @ Hemet | 1 |
| 04/10/25 vs Heritage | 1 |
| 04/01/25 vs JW North | 1 |
In other batting news, Noah Brion was a standout: he went a perfect 4-for-4 with three RBI and one run. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Riley Corlew was another key player, going 2-for-4 with three runs and one RBI.
Citrus Hill always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .558. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Heritage sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Hemet on Tuesday. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Heritage let Wade Johnson and Brenton Jackson run wild. Johnson went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double, while Jackson went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. Jackson is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played.
Citrus Hill's record now sits at 15-5. As for Heritage, their record is now 17-8.
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