The Hanover Hawks will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the J.R. Tucker Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hanover has ten straight victories, J.R. Tucker has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hanover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: New Kent, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Hanover was ranked third). Hanover came out on top against New Kent by a score of 4-1 on Monday.
Lillian Parrish was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Parrish has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Parrish was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Parrish wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emma Slutzah, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, J.R. Tucker came up short against Maggie Walker on Tuesday and fell 10-6.
Hanover pushed their record up to 10-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for J.R. Tucker, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9-2.
Hanover took their victory against J.R. Tucker when the teams last played back in March of 2015 by a conclusive 9-0. Will Hanover repeat their success, or does J.R. Tucker have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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