The Heartland Christian Lions will head out on the road to square off against East at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Heartland Christian will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Heartland Christian's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Jackson-Milton's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Heartland Christian's way against Jackson-Milton as Heartland Christian made off with a 14-6 win. Heartland Christian's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Will Morgan spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and five unearned) runs on six hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Paul Bender was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Jake Walker was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and four RBI.
Meanwhile, East was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 10-0 to Newton Falls.
Heartland Christian has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8 record this season. As for East, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
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