Baseball Recap: Draper APA Eagles vs. Freedom Prep Academy Eagles
Draper APA never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They blew past the Freedom Prep Academy Eagles 15-0. Considering Draper APA has won three matches by more than 11 runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kason Crafts made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He is becoming a predictor of Draper APA's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 2-1 (and 2-3-1 when he doesn't). Crafts was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while going 1-for-1. Crafts is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hayden Caldwell, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Weston Stratton, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Draper APA was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .727. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in six consecutive contests.
The victory got Draper APA back to even at 4-4-1. As for Freedom Prep Academy, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-8-1.
Draper APA will have a chance to go back-to-back against Freedom Prep Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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