Baseball Game Preview: Austin Prep Cougars vs. Phillips Exeter Academy Lions

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Previous 3 Games

04/06/24 - Home	13-2 W
05/09/23 - Away	10-6 W
04/08/23 - Home	4-2 W

Austin Prep has gone a perfect 3-0 against Phillips Exeter Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Austin Prep Cougars challenge Phillips Exeter Academy Lions at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Austin Prep has 23 straight victories, Phillips Exeter Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

If Austin Prep beats Phillips Exeter Academy with 13 runs on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Everything went the Cougars' way against Marianapolis Prep on Wednesday as they made off with a 13-2 win. Considering the Cougars have won three matchups by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, Phillips Exeter Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Dexter Southfield on Wednesday and fell 2-1.

Austin Prep pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season.the team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team won's by an average of 8.4 runs thus far As for Phillips Exeter Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.

Austin Prep took their win against Phillips Exeter Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 13-2 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.