Baseball Preview: Thrive Academy Bulldogs vs. Slaughter Community Charter Knights
The Thrive Academy Bulldogs are on the road again on Monday to play the Slaughter Community Charter Knights at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Thrive Academy scored the most runs they've had all season to find success last Thursday. They blew past Northeast 14-3. The win was just what Thrive Academy needed coming off of an 18-3 defeat in their prior contest.
Meanwhile, Slaughter Community Charter made easy work of Southern Lab on Thursday and carried off a 22-7 victory.
Jack Gilkison and Carson Chaney made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Gilkison tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned run or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Meanwhile, Chaney struck out nine batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Gilkison scored two runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances, while Chaney got on base in two of his six plate appearances with four RBI and two runs.
In other batting news, Slaughter Community Charter got a massive performance out of Ty Ford, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with four runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson (Turbo) Baxter, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Thrive Academy's win ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-4. As for Slaughter Community Charter, their record is now 5-9.
Thrive Academy might still be hurting after the 18-3 loss they got from Slaughter Community Charter when the teams last played last Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gilkison, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Thrive 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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