The Horizon Honors Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Benson Bobcats at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Horizon Honors has eight straight wins, Benson has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Horizon Honors can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. Everything went their way against Tempe Prep as Horizon Honors made off with a 14-3 victory.
Zach Hull was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Hull has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hull was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Diego Torres was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Aidan Andrews was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Benson pushed their score all the way to 13 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Willcox by a score of 15-13. That's two games in a row now that Benson has lost by exactly two runs.
Horizon Honors pushed their record up to 17-4 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs per game. As for Benson, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-13-1.
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