On Monday, Harding Academy faced Cabot in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Harding Academy Wildcats skirted past the Cabot Panthers 3-2. The win was familiar territory for Harding Academy who now have three in a row.
For Cabot's part, they got a good showing from Max Julian, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Cabot saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Ryals, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Harding Academy is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Cabot, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Harding Academy is on the road again on Tuesday to play Central at 4:30 p.m. Harding Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Cabot, they will head out on the road to face off against Bryant at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bryant: 3.6, Cabot: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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