The Heritage Hills Patriots will face off against the Corydon Central Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Heritage Hills is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
Heritage Hills' usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Princeton hitters got past them. The Patriots came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tigers on Thursday, sneaking past 11-10. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their two-run performance the match before.
Peyton Gray
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Peyton Gray was incredible, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 2-for-2. Those two home runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colten Hopf, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two runs.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Heritage Hills lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Corydon Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Salem.
Corydon Central's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Heritage Hills, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
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