Baseball Game Preview: Academy for Academic Excellence Knights vs. Academy of Careers & Exploration Eagle

By Team Reports Apr 15, 2024, 2:45pm

Baseball Preview: Academy for Academic Excellence Knights vs. Academy of Careers & Exploration Eagle

Academy for Academic Excellence is 8-2 against Academy of Careers & Exploration since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Academy for Academic Excellence Knights will be playing at home against the Academy of Careers & Exploration Eagle at 3:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.

Last Friday, Academy for Academic Excellence earned a 6-1 win over Silver Valley. Six seems to be a good number for Academy for Academic Excellence as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Micah Moyer and Conner Clancy did most of the damage at the plate: Moyer scored a run while going 1-for-3, while Clancy went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI.

Academy of Careers & Exploration proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 23) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over West Valley.

Thomas Koupeny spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits.

At the plate, Academy of Careers & Exploration saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mikel Costa, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Academy for Academic Excellence's victory bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Academy of Careers & Exploration, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.

Academy for Academic Excellence took their win against Academy of Careers & Exploration when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 13-4. Will Academy for Academic Excellence repeat their success, or does Academy of Careers & Exploration have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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