The Armwood Hawks will be playing at home against the Wharton Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Armwood has three straight wins, Wharton has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Armwood gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hillsborough as Armwood made off with a 10-3 win.
Tyler Corns tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Alonzo Godwin picked up the save, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Theodric Hicks was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Reem Jackson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Wharton's offense. Their rough 7-0 loss to Gaither on Tuesday might stick with them for a while.
Wharton also got a good showing from Jariel Garriga, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk).
Armwood is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Wharton, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Armwood was able to grind out a solid victory over Wharton when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 8-4. Will Armwood repeat their success, or does Wharton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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