Baseball Preview: Trivium Prep Crimson Knights vs. Kingman Academy Tigers
The Trivium Prep Crimson Knights will head out on the road to take on the Kingman Academy Tigers at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Trivium Prep has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Kingman Academy will come in with three straight wins.
On Monday, Trivium Prep suffered a rough 12-5 defeat at the hands of Phoenix Country Day.
Isaiah Lopez put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Lopez has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Lopez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Lopez wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Powers, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Kingman Academy scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. Everything went their way against Red Rock as Kingman Academy made off with a 24-1 victory. The result was nothing new for Kingman Academy, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Like Trivium Prep, Kingman Academy also got a great game from a two-way player: Casen Short. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Short was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kingman Academy got a massive performance out of Ryan Gordon, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Gordon continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Cade Benson, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Trivium Prep's loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Kingman Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Trivium Prep suffered a grim 16-2 defeat to Kingman Academy in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Short, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that Trivium Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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