Baseball Game Preview: Thrive Academy Bulldogs vs. Slaughter Community Charter Knights

By Team Reports Mar 23, 2024, 1:10pm

Preview: Thrive Academy Bulldogs vs. Slaughter Community Charter Knights

The Thrive Academy Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Slaughter Community Charter Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Thrive Academy kicked off their season on the road back in February and hit a couple of potholes. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 19-4 walloping at the hands of Westminster Christian Academy. The defeat means Thrive Academy is still on the hunt for the season's first 'W'.

Meanwhile, Slaughter Community Charter fell victim to a rough 15-9 loss at the hands of Woodlawn-B.R. on Friday. Slaughter Community Charter has not had much luck with Woodlawn-B.R. recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Slaughter Community Charter saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Chaney, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Chaney has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Michael Porter was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

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