The Collierville Dragons will take on the Huntington Beach Oilers at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Collierville sitting on five straight wins and Huntington Beach on six.
Collierville had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-run drubbing they dealt Holly Springs on Wednesday. The Dragons put the hurt on the Golden Hawks with a sharp 8-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Dragons, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Huntington Beach is ranked highly in their home state and on Wednesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Poly Prep Country Day. The Oilers had just enough and edged out the Blue Devils 5-4.
Tanner Brown looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in May of 2024.
On the hitting side, Huntington Beach saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Porter, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and one stolen base. That's the most RBI Porter has posted since back in April of 2024. CJ Weinstein was another, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Huntington Beach's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Collierville, their victory bumped their record up to 22-1.
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