The Smidt Tech Grey Wolves will head out to square off against the WISH Academy Owls at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Smidt Tech nor WISH Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Smidt Tech lost 8-2 to Sotomayor on Friday. The loss put an end to the Grey Wolves' undefeated start to the season.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when WISH Academy challenged Santee on Wednesday. The Owls narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Falcons 1-0. The one-run effort marked the Owls' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
WISH Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. Having lost for the first time this season, Smidt Tech fell to 2-1.
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