Baseball Preview: South Anchorage Wolverines vs. Colony Knights
South Anchorage has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Colony Knights at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: West Anchorage, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (South Anchorage was ranked second). South Anchorage's pitcher stepped up to hand West Anchorage a 6-0 shutout on Monday.
Not much got past David Feigner, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep West Anchorage off the board.
At the plate, Landon Drumm was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Robert Hughes, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Colony can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. Everything went their way against Palmer as Colony made off with a 19-0 win. While fans of Colony might be used to big wins, the 19-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Brayden Parrent was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Parrent was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nate Wilson, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Aidan Satterly was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and a stolen base.
South Anchorage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Colony, their victory bumped their record up to 12-8.
Tuesday's match might come down to which pitcher can control the ball better. South Anchorage has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .432. However, it's not like Colony struggles in that department as they've averaged .611. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
South Anchorage was able to grind out a solid win over Colony in their previous meeting back in April, winning 8-4. Will South Anchorage repeat their success, or does Colony have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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