Baseball Preview: Southwood Knights vs. Oak Hill Golden Eagles
The Southwood Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Oak Hill Golden Eagles at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Southwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Southwood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Rochester on Wednesday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Zebras.
Southwood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaron Craft, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Oak Hill owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Alexandria-Monroe 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Oak Hill.
Southwood's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Oak Hill, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Southwood came up short against Oak Hill when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 8-5. Thankfully for Southwood, Dale'Jwan Kinder (who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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