Baseball Recap: Ezekiel Academy takes down Tuscaloosa Home Educators in a playoff battle

By Team Reports Apr 21, 2024, 1:19pm

Baseball Recap: Ezekiel Academy Knights vs. Tuscaloosa Home Educators Warriors

With a playoff game on the line, Ezekiel Academy rose to the challenge on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Tuscaloosa Home Educators Warriors out 5-4. Winning may never get old, but Ezekiel Academy sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.

Ezekiel Academy let Kellen Shaffer and Micah Hughes loose on the outfield. Shaffer scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Hughes scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

On Tuscaloosa Home Educators' side, Austin Hartley was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Sodergren, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Ezekiel Academy's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 18-21. As for Tuscaloosa Home Educators, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-13.

Ezekiel Academy didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 6-3 defeat vs. Wiregrass on the 19th. Tuscaloosa Home Educators has also already played their next contest, an 18-6 win against Southern Christian on the 19th.

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