Western Boone is 1-9 against Tri-West Hendricks since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Stars will welcome the Bruins at 5:30 p.m. Western Boone will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Western Boone's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Southmont.
Not much got past Easton Nance, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Southmont off the board. Nance has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Western Boone saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Layton Yancey, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
North Montgomery hit Tri-West Hendricks with a five-run second inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bruins fell just short of the Chargin' Chargers by a score of 5-4.
Western Boone's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-9. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Tri-West Hendricks, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-6.
Western Boone was able to grind out a solid win over Tri-West Hendricks when the teams last played back in April, winning 8-4. Will the Stars repeat their success, or do the Bruins have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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