Baseball Preview: Pinnacle Classical Academy Eagles vs. Carolina Day Wildcats
Pinnacle Classical Academy is 0-5 against Carolina Day since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pinnacle Classical Academy Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Carolina Day Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. Pinnacle Classical Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Pinnacle Classical Academy will head into Friday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a seven-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Community Christian Academy on Friday. Pinnacle Classical Academy never let Community Christian Academy onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory.
Tyler Johnson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Johnson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Johnson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing three bases.
Johnson wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jeremiah Lowe, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Carolina Day made sure to put some runs up on the board against Statesville Christian on Tuesday. Carolina Day put the hurt on Statesville Christian with a sharp 11-1 win.
Garen Hardin spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Andrew Stein, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Hernandez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Pinnacle Classical Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Carolina Day, they now have a winning record of 9-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Pinnacle Classical Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Carolina Day struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Pinnacle Classical Academy came up short against Carolina Day in their previous matchup back in March, falling 8-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carolina Day's Manning Stewart, who struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that Pinnacle Classical Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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