Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Heritage

Huskies

Margin (Wins)

03/25/25 vs Knightdale	18
03/27/25 @ Knightdale	14
03/12/25 @ Northwood	13
03/14/25 vs East Wake Academy	8

Heritage won the last time they faced Knightdale and things went their way on Thursday too. Heritage put the hurt on Knightdale with a sharp 14-0 victory. Considering the Huskies have won four contests by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Heritage got a massive performance out of Leighton Cash, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Those two hits gave Cash a new career-high. Tyler Abbe was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-2.

Heritage always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .583. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

The win (which was Heritage's third in a row) raised their record to 7-6. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only 5.4 in the others. As for Knightdale, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season.

Heritage didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 5-4 defeat against D.H. Conley on the 29th. As for Knightdale, they will be playing at home against East Wake Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. East Wake Academy's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Knightdale's hitters will have their work cut out for them.