The Williams Field Black Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountain Pointe Pride at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Neither Williams Field nor Mountain Pointe posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Last Tuesday, Williams Field fell victim to a tough 9-1 loss at the hands of Campo Verde. Williams Field has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Williams Field got a good showing from Carson Huber, who pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Williams Field saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxson Triggs, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Mountain Pointe had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They never let the Knights onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory.
Not much got past Brett Crossland, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Higley off the board. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
Williams Field's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for Mountain Pointe, their win bumped their record up to 13-10.
Williams Field was able to grind out a solid victory over Mountain Pointe when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 5-1. Will Williams Field repeat their success, or does Mountain Pointe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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