The Mt. Hope Huskies will head out to square off against the Moses Brown Quakers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Mt. Hope will face Moses Brown after dropping another heartbreaker against Lincoln on Tuesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Huskies fell just short of the Lions by a score of 5-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Huskies in their meetings with the Lions: they've now lost three in a row.
Mt. Hope saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brian Abbruzzi, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another was Trace Dubois, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and one triple.
Meanwhile, Moses Brown took care of business in their home opener (and then some) on Friday. They blew past Springboro 10-0. The Quakers not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since April 27, 2024.
Will Haggerty and Parker DeWolf made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Haggerty didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, DeWolf pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the most strikeouts Haggerty has posted since back in April of 2024. At the plate, Haggerty scored a run while going 2-for-4, while DeWolf scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Moses Brown got a big performance out of Anthony Fede, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kazuya Bojarski, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Mt. Hope now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Moses Brown, their record is now 1-0.
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