Baseball Game Preview: Chapel Hill Tigers vs. Hillside Hornets

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Previous Games

04/07/26 - Home	10-2 W
04/25/25 - Home	8-0 W
04/25/25 - Away	8-0 W
04/26/24 - Home	15-3 W
04/23/24 - Away	20-9 W
+ 5 more games

Chapel Hill is a perfect 10-0 against Hillside since March of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Tigers will head out to take on the Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

Chapel Hill made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Apex Friendship, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Tigers fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Tigers couldn't push the score so high this time.

Chapel Hill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Campos, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one run.

Meanwhile, Hillside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 9-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Enloe.

Hillside now has a losing record of 5-6. As for Chapel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Chapel Hill has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Hillside struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 6.9 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.

Chapel Hill got the 'W' in their previous matchup on Tuesday against Hillside by a conclusive 10-2 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.