The Huntington Huntsmen will be playing in front of their home fans against the Washington Blue Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Huntington: 2.4, Washington: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Huntington is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Southeastern (and have done all season long). Everything went Huntington's way against Southeastern on Wednesday as Huntington made off with a 9-2 win. Winning may never get old, but Huntington sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Brayden Elliott was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and only one walk). Elliott was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, DJ Crocker was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Braylon Leach, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Washington came up short against Miami Trace on Tuesday and fell 5-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Washington has scored all season.
Huntington is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. As for Washington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-8.
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