St. Joseph Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 14-3 to the Mountain Empire Redhawks. The result was an unpleasant reminder to St. Joseph Academy of the 22-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March.
St. Joseph Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Asher Larkin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Andrew Wadds was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
On Mountain Empire's side, the team relied heavily on Luis Cardoso, who scored four runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Frank Hatmaker, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
St. Joseph Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Mountain Empire, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-2.
St. Joseph Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Army-Navy at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph Academy has given up an average of 14.7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Mountain Empire, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Liberty Charter at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Empire is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.5 runs per game this season.
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