The Hubbard Eagles will take on the Maplewood Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Hubbard sitting on nine straight victories and Maplewood on five.
Hubbard proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by six) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Poland Seminary 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Eagles have posted against the Bulldogs since April 2, 2022.
Meanwhile, Maplewood made easy work of Pymatuning Valley on Thursday and carried off a 12-2 victory. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Coleton Logan made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out 11 over 5.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ethan Nelson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyson Webster, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Maplewood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Maplewood pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Hubbard, their win bumped their record up to 14-4.
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