Heritage Hills typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Eastern Greene proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Heritage Hills Patriots. That's two games straight that Eastern Greene has won by exactly three runs.
The team relied heavily on Jacob Bellman, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
On Heritage Hills' side, Peyton Gray was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. Gray has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Gray was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
Gray wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Fischer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Seth Deom, who scored a run and stole a base.
The win made it two in a row for Eastern Greene and bumps their season record up to 12-3. As for Heritage Hills, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-7 record this season.
Eastern Greene will be playing at home against Cloverdale at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Eastern Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season. As for Heritage Hills, they will be playing at home against Southridge at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Heritage Hills: 3.6, Southridge: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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