Baseball Recap: Edgewood Academy Wildcats vs. Jackson Academy Eagles
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Edgewood Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Jackson Academy Eagles a 12-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Edgewood Academy, who have now won 13 matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Ethan Evans was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Evans was even better at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Edgewood Academy got a massive performance out of Landon Smith, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Allison, who went 3-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and a double.
Edgewood Academy has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 20 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-11 record this season. As for Jackson Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Edgewood Academy beat Jackson Academy by a score of 10-0.
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