The Trinity Academy Tigers will head out to take on the Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Trinity Academy has given up an average of 10.2 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Trinity Academy's offense. They lost 14-0 to Wake Christian Academy two weeks ago. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Bulldogs: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill). Their pitcher stepped up to hand St. Thomas More Academy an 18-0 shutout on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Lion considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Andrew Cavender was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three).
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Judah Cannon, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two doubles. That's the most doubles he has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was N J Uhlenberg, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .621. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Trinity Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-6.
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