Hillsboro won the last time they faced East Nashville Magnet, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Hillsboro Burros came out on top in a nail-biter against the East Nashville Magnet Eagles and snuck past 6-5.
Luke Lawson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Lawson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Finn Patrick, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
On East Nashville Magnet's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Calvin Bibby, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Hillsboro has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for East Nashville Magnet, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-9.
Hillsboro will head out on the road to square off against Harpeth at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Harpeth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. As for East Nashville Magnet, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 10-2 victory vs. Antioch on the 26th.
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