The King's Knights will take on the Overlake Owls at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last four games King's has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Things were looking good for King's after they put the first runs on the board last Saturday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Shorecrest by a score of 8-7. The defeat continues a trend for the Knights in their meetings with the Scots: they've now lost three in a row.
King's saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jakob Fowler, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Fowler also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Another was Brandon McCann, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Overlake had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They never let the Turks get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Considering the Owls have won three matches by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Overlake pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for King's, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
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