The Hillman Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Harbor Light Christian Swordsmen at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything went Hillman's way against Farwell as Hillman made off with a 12-3 victory.
Meanwhile, Harbor Light Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lancers a 9-0 shutout.
Daniel Urman and Derk Boerman were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Urman kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Boerman pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Urman scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Boerman scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Boerman has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Ayden Burns and Joe Ruthig did most of the damage at the plate: Burns scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Ruthig scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Will Paulus, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
The win got Hillman back to even at 9-9-1. As for Harbor Light Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-2 record this season.
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