Pace Academy has gone 5-0 against North Atlanta recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Pace Academy Knights will stay at home for another game and welcome the North Atlanta Warriors at 5:30 p.m. One thing working in Pace Academy's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last eight matches.
North Atlanta's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Monday: Pace Academy didn't have allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. Pace Academy never let M.L. King onto the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Thursday. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by nine runs or more this season.
Megan Wrigley made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with a home run, two stolen bases, and three runs.
In other batting news, Pace Academy got a massive performance out of Reese Honeycutt, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Lauren Kamin, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pace Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .833. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for North Atlanta's offense. They lost 9-0 to Denmark on Tuesday. The Warriors just can't catch a break and have now endured three defeats in a row.
Pace Academy is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for North Atlanta, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14.
Pace Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against North Atlanta in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, sneaking past 4-3. Will Pace Academy repeat their success, or does North Atlanta have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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