Sewickley Academy are taking a road trip to challenge the South Side Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sewickley Academy has seven straight wins, South Side has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sewickley Academy barely beat Cornell the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Sewickley Academy never let Cornell get on the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Wednesday. Sewickley Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 12 runs or more this season.
Sewickley Academy got a massive performance out of Quincy Sirko (2025), who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and six RBI. That home run was Sirko (2025)'s first of the season. Keira Church (2027) was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
Sewickley Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .591. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, South Side fell victim to Union Area and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-0 to the Scotties, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Sewickley Academy pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for South Side, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
South Side's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Sewickley Academy has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .538. It's a different story for South Side, though, as they've only averaged .310. Will they be able to contain Sewickley Academy's hitters?
Sewickley Academy might still be hurting after the 15-4 defeat they got from South Side when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Sewickley Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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