Baseball Game Preview: Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Swamp Owls vs. Archbishop Shaw Eagles

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will head out to face off against the Archbishop Shaw Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Thomas Jefferson on Monday as Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy made off with a 15-5 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Swamp Owls considering their two-run performance the match before.

Ethan Kihnel looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brayden Netterville, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. Jonathan Lawson was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thomas Jefferson only posted an OBP of .379.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Shaw sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over St. Martin's Episcopal on Saturday. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Saints: they've now won three in a row.

The win made it two in a row for Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy and bumps their season record up to 8-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Archbishop Shaw, their record is now 6-8.