Germantown Academy hasn't had much luck against Malvern Prep recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Friars at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Germantown Academy sitting on four straight wins and Malvern Prep on nine.
Germantown Academy can't be too worried about heading out to take on Malvern Prep: they just beat Shipley at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Patriots never let Shipley get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Malvern Prep made easy work of William Penn Charter on Tuesday and carried off an 11-1 win. The Friars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 20 games by six runs or more this season.
Malvern Prep pushed their record up to 30-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Germantown Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 12-5.
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