The Brentsville District Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Skyline Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Brentsville District barely beat Millbrook the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Tigers never let the Pioneers get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Thursday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Skyline). Everything went their way against Manassas Park on Tuesday as they made off with an 18-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Cole Hensley and McKinley Tolliver made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Hensley pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Meanwhile, Tolliver tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Hensley a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At the plate, Hensley went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs, while Tolliver got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Izaiah Matthews, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaiden Brown, who went 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
Skyline kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Manassas Park only managed one hit.
Skyline pushed their record up to 7-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.2 runs over those games. As for Brentsville District, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
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