Heritage has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Coahulla Creek Colts at 5:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Heritage: 0.8, Coahulla Creek: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Coahulla Creek's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Wednesday: Heritage didn't have allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. Heritage never let LaFayette onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Monday. The two-run effort marked the Generals' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Not much got past Addie Edwards, who gave up just two hits and racked up 17 Ks to keep LaFayette off the board. Those 17 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
On the hitting side, Heritage's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ella Blansit, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Heritage didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 12.2.
Meanwhile, Coahulla Creek had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Indians.
Heritage's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Coahulla Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Heritage suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Coahulla Creek when the teams last played back in September of 2018. Will Heritage have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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