Baseball Game Preview: Kaplan Pirates vs. Ascension Episcopal

The Kaplan Pirates will head out on the road to take on Ascension Episcopal at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Kaplan's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Abbeville 15-0. The victory continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won eight in a row.

Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Ascension Episcopal sidestepped Hanson Memorial for a 5-3 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Ascension Episcopal.

Ascension Episcopal pushed their record up to 21-3 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Kaplan, their victory bumped their record up to 13-10.