The Chapel Hill Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Harrison Hoyas at 5:55 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Chapel Hill is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Douglas County with a sharp 19-3 win last Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jason Harrell
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Jason Harrell was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Harrell was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Phillip Ackerman was a standout: he scored two runs and stole six bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game. Another player making a difference was Brennan Austin, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Chapel Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Douglas County only posted a batting average of .100.
Meanwhile, Harrison made easy work of Paulding County on Thursday and carried off a 9-1 win. The Hoyas haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
The win made it two in a row for Chapel Hill and bumps their season record up to 7-8. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only 4.31 in the others. As for Harrison, the victory got them back to even at 11-11.
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