Eastern Hancock waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Tri Titans a 13-0 shutout. This was payback for Eastern Hancock, who suffered a 6-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Tri's batters probably weren't too happy with Hayden Rouse, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (he gave up a single walk).
At the plate, Eastern Hancock got a big performance out of Chase Stewart, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Stewart has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carson Borden, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Eastern Hancock's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8. As for Tri, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Eastern Hancock will take on Frankton at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Eastern Hancock knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past four games -- so hopefully Frankton likes a good challenge. As for Tri, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Knightstown at 5:00 p.m. Knightstown is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.1 runs per game this season.
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