The King's Academy Knights will challenge the Burlingame Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (King's Academy has seven straight wins, Burlingame has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
King's Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Aragon 15-5 on Tuesday.
King's Academy got a massive performance out of Mia Bennette, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one stolen base. That's the most RBI Bennette has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Sophie Giles, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and two doubles.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Burlingame faced off against Woodside on Tuesday. The Panthers fell 6-2 to the Wildcats.
Burlingame saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amalia Alfers, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
King's Academy's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-7. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Burlingame, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
King's Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Burlingame when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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