The Regents Lions will square off against the Hatley Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Regents beats Hatley with nine runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Regents blew past Calhoun Academy 9-3 on Friday.
Meanwhile, while Hatley put up plenty of runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Biggersville. Everything went Hatley's way against Biggersville as Hatley made off with a 13-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won four matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Tristan Hendrix made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up a single earned runs in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gatlin Brownlee, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Brayden Pyron was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Hatley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .656. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Biggersville only posted an OBP of .083.
Hatley's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Regents, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
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