Baseball Preview: Pataula Charter Academy Panthers vs. Seminole County Indians
The Pataula Charter Academy Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Seminole County Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Pataula Charter Academy sitting on five straight victories and Seminole County on four.
Pataula Charter Academy can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Everything went their way against Terrell County as Pataula Charter Academy made off with a 15-5 win.
Chad Jones and Cam Wright made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Jones struck out 14 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Wright pitched two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Jones went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two doubles, while Wright scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Pataula Charter Academy got a massive performance out of Riley Lashley, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Lashley has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Alex Caldwell, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, while Seminole County put up plenty of runs in Tuesday's second game, the same can't be said for Southwest Georgia STEM Charter. Seminole County beat Southwest Georgia STEM Charter by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 15-0.
Brayden Hodges was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. John Walker was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs.
Pataula Charter Academy's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Seminole County, they pushed their record up to 13-9 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Pataula Charter Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Seminole County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Pataula Charter Academy couldn't quite finish off Seminole County when the teams last played back in March and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Walker, who struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Now that Pataula Charter 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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