For the second straight game, Northside will face off against Harris County. The Patriots will welcome the Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Northside 3.4, Harris County 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Northside will face Harris County after dropping another heartbreaker against Harris County on Thursday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Patriots fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 6-5. The Patriots have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Ashton Bailey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Northside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Biggs, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
The victory (which was Harris County's sixth in a row) raised their record to 21-5. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Northside, their loss dropped their record down to 18-7.
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