The Highland Bulldogs are taking a road trip to square off against the Royal Highlanders at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Highland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Highland can't be too worried about heading out to take on Royal: they just beat Littlerock at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Bulldogs blew past the Lobos 10-2 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Highland got a great performance from Jacob Aragon as he struck out 11 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Aragon has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.
Hudson Harding
| 04/02/25 @ Littlerock | 3 |
| 03/21/25 vs Knight | 2 |
| 03/25/25 @ Tualatin | 1 |
| 03/07/25 vs Burroughs | 1 |
| 02/25/25 vs Patriot | 1 |
At the plate, Hudson Harding was a standout: he scored three runs while going 2-for-4. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Colton Booterbaugh also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Highland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, while Royal put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for San Marino. The Highlanders came out on top against the Titans by a score of 3-0.
Royal's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Sramek, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-3.
Royal pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Highland, their record is now 8-5-1.
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