Baseball Preview: Atlas HomeSchool Rattlers vs. Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool Warriors
The Atlas HomeSchool Rattlers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Atlas HomeSchool is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Atlas HomeSchool is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Harvest Christian Academy by a score of 14-12 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Non Varsity Opponent 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool.
Colton Shockey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Joey Hankinson was excellent, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, a double, and an RBI.
Atlas HomeSchool's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool, their victory bumped their record up to 6-7.
Atlas HomeSchool might still be hurting after the 9-2 loss they got from Parker-Tarrant HomeSchool in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shockey, who struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that Atlas HomeSchool 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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