The Urbana Hawks will challenge the Leonardtown Raiders at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Urbana is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Urbana is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maryland's top teams: North Hagerstown, who was ranked 19th at the time (Urbana was ranked seventh). The Hawks put the hurt on the Hubs with a sharp 13-2 victory on Wednesday. Considering the Hawks have won five games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
| 04/16/25 @ North Hagerstown | 6 |
| 04/06/24 vs Governor Thomas Johnson | 5 |
| 03/31/25 vs Linganore | 4 |
| 03/25/24 vs McDonogh | 4 |
| 03/21/25 vs Century | 3 |
Mason Johnson tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Aiden Welch was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Tristan Vetter, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Urbana always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .564. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Hagerstown only posted an OBP of .261.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Leonardtown ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Patuxent 3-2.
Leonardtown pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Urbana, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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