Baseball Preview: Phoenix Country Day Eagles vs. Madison Highland Prep Heat
The Phoenix Country Day Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Madison Highland Prep Heat at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Phoenix Country Day's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Madison Highland Prep has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Phoenix Country Day can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 12-5 margin over Trivium Prep.
The team relied heavily on Frank Kaplan, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Logan Rose, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Madison Highland Prep fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Veritas Prep on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 2-1.
Will Clemens was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He pitched 7.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Clemens has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Clemens was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Anikin Ulibarri made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two doubles and a stolen base. Rhett Clemens was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI.
Phoenix Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-12 record this season. As for Madison Highland Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.
Phoenix Country Day came up short against Madison Highland Prep in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clemens, who struck out 13 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that Phoenix Country Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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