For the second straight game, Highland Park will face off against Lone Star. The Scots will head out to challenge the Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Highland Park will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Highland Park narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Lone Star 5-4.
For Lone Star's part, they got a good showing from Houston Farrar, who pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, James Dagenhart made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Lone Star: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 8-18 otherwise. Josh Villa also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Highland Park pushed their record up to 14-9 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lone Star, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-19.
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