The Harnett Central Trojans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Western Harnett Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Harnett Central's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Western Harnett. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Harnett Central got a great performance from Christopher Gaudet as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brantley Champion, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Western Harnett is on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4. As for Harnett Central, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Harnett Central beat Western Harnett 4-0 in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Will Harnett Central repeat their success, or does Western Harnett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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