The Heritage Mountaineers will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Hamilton Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage will be strutting in after a win while East Hamilton will be coming in after a defeat.
Heritage took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over West.
Derek Hodge tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Elijah Davis, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of William (Thomas) Bowers, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Hamilton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Bradley Central by a score of 3-2.
Maddox Bohannon made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Heritage's win bumped their record up to 10-13. As for East Hamilton, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-14.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Heritage has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Hamilton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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