The Hillgrove Hawks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Brookwood Broncos at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Hillgrove: 3.8, Brookwood: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Hillgrove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Brookwood with a sharp 10-3 win. Hillgrove's victory was all the more impressive since Brookwood was averaging only 3.62 runs allowed on the season.
For Brookwood's part, Charlie Foster was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Foster has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mason Archie was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Hillgrove is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-12 record this season. As for Brookwood, their loss dropped their record down to 25-9.
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