The Granite Hills Eagles will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Patrick Henry Patriots at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Granite Hills sitting on four straight victories and Patrick Henry on five.
Granite Hills' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Santana 1-0.
The result came thanks to Brenden Lewis's shutout, as he gave up just three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tommy Entrekin was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Patrick Henry beat Madison 8-4 on Friday.
Patrick Henry also got a great performance from Hamilton Collins as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Jack Giordano was excellent, going 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Preston Conklin was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Granite Hills' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5. As for Patrick Henry, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6-1 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Granite Hills has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Patrick Henry struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Granite Hills skirted past Patrick Henry 3-2 in their previous matchup back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Patrick Henry's Cody Cappelletti, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Granite Hills still be able to contain Cappelletti? There's only one way to find out.
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