For the second straight game, Hedgesville will face off against Jefferson. The Eagles will be playing at home against the Cougars at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Hedgesville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Hedgesville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Jefferson, who was ranked first at the time (Hedgesville was ranked 13th). The Eagles fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
For Jefferson's part, Andrew Engle spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. Engle has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Jefferson saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Serf Guerra, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
The victory (which was Jefferson's sixth in a row) raised their record to 28-3-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Hedgesville, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-10.
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