Softball Preview: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers vs. Master's Academy Patriots
The Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Master's Academy Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
On Wednesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy had to settle for an 11-10 defeat against Melbourne Central Catholic.
Emma Clark was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Master's Academy's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Sebastian River by a score of 3-2. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Master's Academy in their matchups with Sebastian River: they've now lost five in a row.
Aubrey Grall was huge no matter where she played even without the win. On the mound, she struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Grall has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Grall was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Grall wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Lore, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Master's Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy couldn't quite finish off Master's Academy in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grall, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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