A feisty cat fight will be fought as L.E.A.D. Academy Lions duke it out with Munroe Bobcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. L.E.A.D. Academy will be strutting in after a win while Munroe will be coming in after a defeat.
L.E.A.D. Academy will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs last Monday, then bounced right back against Atmore Christian on Monday. Everything went L.E.A.D. Academy's way against Atmore Christian as L.E.A.D. Academy made off with an 11-1 victory. The Lions' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
L.E.A.D. Academy's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Silas Brown, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. The dominant performance gave Brown a new career-high in RBI. Royce Jones also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
L.E.A.D. Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .607. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Atmore Christian only posted an OBP of .318.
Meanwhile, Munroe fell victim to Madison County and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 20-0 to the Cowboys. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Cowboys recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
The victory got L.E.A.D. Academy back to even at 2-2. As for Munroe, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
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