With a playoff game on the line, Apalachee rose to the challenge on Thursday. They put the hurt on the East Paulding Raiders with a sharp 15-3 win.
Judah Powell made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Powell was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run.
In other batting news, Colin Hedges was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Russ Malcom, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Apalachee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-11 record this season. As for East Paulding, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-14.
Apalachee will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Paulding: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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