Heritage Hills typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Evansville Mater Dei proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Heritage Hills Patriots by a score of 5-2. This was payback for Evansville Mater Dei, who suffered a 9-8 loss the last time these two teams met.
Ethan Goodin made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Goodin has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Goodin was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Goodin wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Schickel, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On Heritage Hills' side, Peyton Gray made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Evansville Mater Dei is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Heritage Hills, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-3.
Evansville Mater Dei will take on Evansville North at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Evansville Mater Dei's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Evansville North's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Heritage Hills, they will head out on the road to face off against Gibson Southern at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Heritage Hills is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
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