South Decatur is 1-6 against Oldenburg Academy since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The South Decatur Cougars will challenge the Oldenburg Academy Twisters at 5:00 p.m. South Decatur will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
South Decatur stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand North Decatur a 12-0 shutout.
Devin Pate was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Pate has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Pate was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Corey Nugent was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Colby Rathburn was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Oldenburg Academy's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Triton Central on Thursday. Oldenburg Academy walked away with a 6-3 victory over Shawe Memorial.
South Decatur's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Oldenburg Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
South Decatur couldn't quite finish off Oldenburg Academy in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 9-7. Can South Decatur avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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