Baseball Game Preview: Thales Academy Rolesville Knights vs. Neuse Christian Academy Lions

By Team Reports Apr 16, 2025, 6:02am

Baseball Preview: Thales Academy Rolesville Knights vs. Neuse Christian Academy Lions

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Thales Academy Rolesville is a perfect 7-0 against Neuse Christian Academy since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Knights will square off against the Lions at 3:00 p.m. Thales Academy Rolesville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.

On Tuesday, Thales Academy Rolesville got the win against St. Thomas More Academy by a conclusive 12-2. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Chancellors recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Chase Davidson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Davidson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.

Andy Moore

Hits (Career)

04/15/25 @ St. Thomas More Academy3
04/04/25 @ Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill2
04/10/25 vs Thales Academy Apex1
03/31/25 @ Thales Academy Apex1
03/28/25 vs St. Thomas More Academy1

In other batting news, Thales Academy Rolesville got a massive performance out of Andy Moore, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI and one double. Those three hits gave Moore a new career-high. Evan Clark was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.

Thales Academy Rolesville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Neuse Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill, falling 16-2.

Neuse Christian Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Ellington, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.

Thales Academy Rolesville's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Neuse Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.

The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Thales Academy Rolesville has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Neuse Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.2 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more.

Thales Academy Rolesville took their victory against Neuse Christian Academy when the teams last played on Monday by a conclusive 16-6 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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