Baseball Preview: Academy Park Knights vs. Penn Wood Patriots
The Academy Park Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Penn Wood Patriots at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Academy Park will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Academy Park is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 16-9 margin over Chester on Thursday. Considering Academy Park has won three contests by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Penn Wood is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 24-7 to Chester on Tuesday.
Tyler Smith made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Taiwo Mogaji was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Penn Wood didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chester only tossed four.
Academy Park's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-7. As for Penn Wood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.
Academy Park took their win against Penn Wood when the teams last played last Thursday by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Academy Park 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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