Forest Hills has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Clearfield Bison at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Forest Hills owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Westmont Hilltop as Forest Hills made off with an 8-0 win.
Jake Yatsky and Tyler Orris did most of the damage at the plate: Yatsky scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Orris scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Bryce Roberts was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Clearfield has not done well against Tyrone recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way back in March. Clearfield had just enough and edged Tyrone out 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clearfield.
Clearfield's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Matt Irvin, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Lopez, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Forest Hills' win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Clearfield, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Forest Hills came up short against Clearfield in their previous meeting back in April of 2015, falling 7-3. Can Forest Hills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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