After four games on the road, GlenOak is heading back home. They will take on the Hoover Vikings at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
GlenOak heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Thursday. They fell 3-0 to Jackson. The matchup marked the first time this year in which GlenOak was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Hoover had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 9-2 margin over the Wildcats. Nine seems to be a good number for Hoover as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jake Donaldson made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Donaldson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Carter Lukens was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jack Andes, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
GlenOak's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Hoover, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
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