Baseball Preview: Draper APA Eagles vs. Freedom Prep Academy Eagles
The Draper APA Eagles will take on the Freedom Prep Academy Eagles at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Draper APA is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12 runs per game this season.
Draper APA is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Utah Military Academy - Hill Field on Friday as Draper APA made off with a 21-6 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.
Hayden Caldwell and Lincoln Davis did most of the damage at the plate: Caldwell scored three runs and stole five bases while going 3-for-3, while Davis scored two runs and stole seven bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Ziek Van Dijk was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Draper APA was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Freedom Prep Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 16-1 to Intermountain Christian, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Draper APA's victory bumped their record up to 3-4-1. As for Freedom Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7-1.
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