The Piketon Redstreaks will face off against the Westfall Mustangs at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Piketon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Eastern on Thursday as they made off with a 20-3 win. The victory continues a trend for the Redstreaks in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Westfall strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They never let Paint Valley get on the board and left with a 4-0 win. Four seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cash Conrad made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Conrad was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one triple and one run.
In other batting news, Jaden Towler was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Brenden Tuttle was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Westfall was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .318 or higher in three consecutive matches.
Piketon pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average this season. As for Westfall, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Piketon might still be hurting after the 16-8 loss they got from Westfall in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Redstreaks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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