Oak Forest Academy has gone 3-0 against Columbia Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets will welcome the Columbia Academy Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Oak Forest Academy will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive.
Oak Forest Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Hartfield Academy, who was ranked eighth at the time (Oak Forest Academy was ranked 11th). Oak Forest Academy blew past Hartfield Academy 12-2 on Monday. Considering the Yellowjackets have won five matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Emma Day and Kenlea Wilkinson did most of the damage at the plate: Day went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base, while Wilkinson scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Maddie Watson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Forest Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .576. They are 3-1 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Meanwhile, Columbia Academy's hitters rose to the challenge against a Cougars pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.56 runs allowed on Monday. Columbia Academy put the hurt on Simpson Academy with a sharp 14-1 victory. That looming 14-1 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Columbia Academy yet this season.
Oak Forest Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-1 record this season. As for Columbia Academy, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Oak Forest Academy took their win against Columbia Academy when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 13-3. Will Oak Forest Academy repeat their success, or does Columbia Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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