The Stewarts Creek Red Hawks will challenge the Ensworth Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Stewarts Creek will be strutting in after a win while Ensworth will be coming in after a defeat.
Stewarts Creek's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Northwest as Stewarts Creek made off with a 10-0 victory. That looming 10-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Red Hawks yet this season.
Jeff Moran tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April of 2024.
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Shawn Rhodes, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Bryant, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Stewarts Creek always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .536. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Ensworth fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Hendersonville on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Commandos by a score of 7-6. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Daniel Ulm was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Blake Surratt was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Daniel Maumus, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Stewarts Creek pushed their record up to 4-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Ensworth, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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