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| 09/02/25 - Away | 14-0 W |
| 10/07/24 - Away | 15-3 W |
| 09/03/24 - Home | 13-1 W |
Pace Academy has gone a perfect 3-0 against Midtown recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. Pace Academy will host Midtown at 5:30 p.m. Pace Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.
Pace Academy blew Westminster out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Monday Westminster got their revenge. The Knights fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 7-5. It was the first time this season that the Knights let down their fans at home.
Megan Wrigley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Katie Wrigley was cooking despite her team's loss, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run and two stolen bases. Claire Jowers was another key player, getting on base in two of her four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Midtown, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against Jackson on Tuesday as they made off with an 18-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won eight games by 12 runs or more so far this season.
Katie Tedder and Ava Anderson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Tedder tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Anderson pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, she posted three strikeouts, the most she's had since back in August. At the plate, Tedder went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Anderson went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Annie Evens, who fired off three home runs, nine RBI, and one stolen base while going 4-for-4. Those three home runs gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Myla Marshall, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and two runs.
Midtown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .529. They are 8-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Midtown's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-9. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Pace Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Pace Academy hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Midtown struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 0.6 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Pace Academy's way against Midtown in their previous meeting back in September, as Pace Academy made off with a 14-0 victory. Does Pace Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Midtown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
