The Ezekiel Academy Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Tuscaloosa Home Educators Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ezekiel Academy has three straight wins, Tuscaloosa Home Educators has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Ezekiel Academy's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They didn't even let South Choctaw Academy on the board, marking the Knights' second-straight 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won 16 matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Baylee Horn and Jillian Newell did most of the damage at the plate: Horn scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Newell scored a run while going 2-for-2. What's more, Newell posted three RBI, the most she's had since back in March. Another player making a difference was Addie Newell, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Ezekiel Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .571. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Home Educators came up short against Evangel Christian on Tuesday, falling 13-1.
Tuscaloosa Home Educators' loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Ezekiel Academy, their record now sits at 24-6.
Everything went Ezekiel Academy's way against Tuscaloosa Home Educators in their previous matchup back in March, as Ezekiel Academy made off with a 9-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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