Baseball Preview: Cape Henry Collegiate Dolphins vs. Miller School of Albemarle Mavericks
Cape Henry Collegiate has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Miller School of Albemarle Mavericks at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cape Henry Collegiate: 2.1, Miller School of Albemarle: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cape Henry Collegiate is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Walsingham Academy, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Cape Henry Collegiate was ranked second). Cape Henry Collegiate had just enough and edged Walsingham Academy out 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for Cape Henry Collegiate as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cape Henry Collegiate saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Hummel, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Nate Jensen was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Miller School of Albemarle scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 25-1 margin over Fishburne Military. Miller School of Albemarle might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 games by seven runs or more this season.
Cape Henry Collegiate's win was their 11th straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-3. As for Miller School of Albemarle, the victory (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 25-5-1.
Everything went Cape Henry Collegiate's way against Miller School of Albemarle when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Cape Henry Collegiate made off with a 10-2 win. Will Cape Henry Collegiate repeat their success, or does Miller School of Albemarle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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