The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will head out on the road to take on the Charlotte Latin Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Mountain Island Charter came up short against Pine Lake Prep on Tuesday, falling 15-5. The Raptors have struggled against the Pride recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost meeting.
Ryan Hayes was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Patrick Blanchette was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Latin waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 10-3 win. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won four matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Graham Blanton tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Jack Bancroft and Jaden Hawa did most of the damage at the plate: Bancroft scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Hawa scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Hawa a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Luka Kadijevic, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Charlotte Latin pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Mountain Island Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
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