Baseball Preview: Leadership Academy Falcons vs. South Stokes Sauras
The Leadership Academy Falcons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the South Stokes Sauras at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Leadership Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
On Tuesday, Leadership Academy made easy work of Carver and carried off a 13-1 victory.
Sylas London was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Jafet Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, South Stokes never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They came out on top against Elkin by a score of 4-0.
Not much got past Maddox Nelson, who gave up just two hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Elkin off the board. Nelson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Stokes saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameryn Phipps, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Leadership Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-11. As for South Stokes, their victory bumped their record up to 5-14.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Leadership Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like South Stokes struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Leadership Academy skirted past South Stokes 8-6 when the teams last played on April 2nd. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Nelson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Leadership Academy still be able to contain Nelson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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