The Herndon Hornets are taking a road trip to take on the Stratford Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Herndon sitting on four straight victories and Stratford on 11.
Five must be Herndon's lucky number: they beat Western Branch with that score not once but twice on Monday. The Hornets walked away with a 5-1 win over the Bruins.
Meanwhile, Stratford was able to grind out a solid victory over Loudoun Valley on Monday, taking the game 9-6.
Stratford got a great performance from Jacob Deacon as he struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Deacon has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Walter Argrett, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Herpolsheimer, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Stratford pushed their record up to 13-2-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Herndon, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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