The Walnut Grove Wildcats are on the road again on Friday to play the Hillcrest Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Walnut Grove: 3.6, Hillcrest: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Walnut Grove heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Thursday. They fell 4-1 to Hillcrest. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Walnut Grove couldn't push the score so high this time.
For Hillcrest's part, they got a great performance from Robert Hamman as he struck out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Hamman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nomar Perez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Cesar Cordero, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Walnut Grove now has a losing record at 15-16-1. As for Hillcrest, the victory (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 23-8.
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