The Heritage Patriots will face off against the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Heritage is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Heritage's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past South Adams 10-0. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won four games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Max Mirelez was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one double.
In other batting news, Heritage let Iestyn Roe and Cameron Rauner run wild. Roe went 2-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run, while Rauner went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple was Roe's first of the season. Another player making a difference was Mason Abbott, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Heritage was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Adams only posted a batting average of .062.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers came up short against Fort Wayne Snider on Tuesday and fell 5-1. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly four runs.
Heritage pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-5.
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