Splendora is 2-8 against Hargrave since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Splendora Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hargrave Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Splendora: 3.9, Hargrave: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Thursday, Splendora didn't have quite enough to beat Liberty and fell 4-2.
Splendora saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zayne Poe, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Poe has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Hargrave had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They walked away with a 7-3 win over the Gators.
Hargrave also got a great performance from Logan Gruber as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. Bryce Nixon came in to relieve Gruber and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his one inning pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Will Swartz, who went 2-for-3 with a home run. Chance Fields was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Splendora's defeat dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Hargrave, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-7.
Splendora came out on top in a nail-biter against Hargrave in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Will Splendora repeat their success, or does Hargrave have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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