The Heritage Hills Patriots will venture away from home to square off against the Southridge Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage Hills is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Heritage Hills is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Eastern Greene just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunderbirds.
Andersen Smith and Colten Hopf stepped up to the plate in a big way. Smith went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI, while Hopf went 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Fischer, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Southridge also suffered a loss in their last game, falling to Silver Creek by a score of 7-4. The Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Heritage Hills' loss dropped their record down to 15-5. As for Southridge, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
Heritage Hills came out on top in a nail-biter against Southridge in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Patriots since the squad 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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