Baseball Recap: Kirk Academy Raiders vs. North Delta Green Wave
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Kirk Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the North Delta Green Wave and snuck past 4-3. The victory was familiar territory for Kirk Academy who now have four in a row.
Carter Hathcock made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). Hathcock was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Jace West was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-2.
On North Delta's side, Baylor Scammon and Owens Johnson did some serious damage despite the final result: Scammon went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI, while Johnson went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Kirk Academy's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-13. As for North Delta, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 25-10.
Kirk Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against North Delta: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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