Baseball Game Preview: Winston Academy Patriots vs. Winona Christian Stars

Winston Academy is a perfect 6-0 against Winona Christian since March of 2023 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Winston Academy Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Winona Christian Stars at 6:00 p.m.

Winston Academy's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Winona Christian with a sharp 10-0 victory. Considering the Patriots have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Reed Yates made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only three hits, the fewest he's had since back in February. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. Winston Academy is 8-1 when Yates posts two or more runs, but 3-5 otherwise.

Holder Tidwell

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/20/25 vs Winona Christian	6
03/18/25 @ Winona Christian	4
02/14/25 vs Heritage Academy	4
02/06/25 @ Leake Academy	3
03/11/25 vs East Rankin Academy	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Holder Tidwell, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of King Ashford, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and two runs.

Winston Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. Winona Christian is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.