The White House-Heritage Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Portland Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (White House-Heritage has eight straight victories, Portland has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
White House-Heritage can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. They blew past Westmoreland 11-1. While fans of White House-Heritage might be used to big wins, the ten-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Kaleb Fyke made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Fyke has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Fyke was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Dane Hinshaw and Caleb Cayce did most of the damage at the plate: Hinshaw got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI, a run, and a double, while Cayce scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Justin Smith was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Portland might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-4 to White House, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
White House-Heritage's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-5. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs per game. As for Portland, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.
White House-Heritage came out on top in a nail-biter against Portland in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for White House-Heritage since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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