Baseball Preview: St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors vs. Neuse Christian Academy Lions
St. Thomas More Academy is 7-0 against Neuse Christian Academy since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors will head out on the road to challenge the Neuse Christian Academy Lions at 3:30 p.m. Neither St. Thomas More Academy nor Neuse Christian Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
St. Thomas More Academy is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. Their tough 15-1 defeat to the Lion might stick with them for a while. St. Thomas More Academy has not had much luck with Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
St. Thomas More Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Zwirblia, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Neuse Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They suffered a rough 12-1 defeat at the hands of Thales Academy Rolesville.
St. Thomas More Academy now has a losing record at 4-5-1. As for Neuse Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything went St. Thomas More Academy's way against Neuse Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in March as St. Thomas More Academy made off with a 16-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Thomas More Academy since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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