The Lancaster Mennonite Blazers will square off against the High Point Baptist Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lancaster Mennonite has given up an average of 7.7 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Lancaster Mennonite fell victim to Columbia and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 15-0 to the Crimson Tide. The Blazers haven't had much luck with the Crimson Tide recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask High Point Baptist Academy). They never let La Academia Charter get on the board and left with a 25-0 win on Tuesday. Considering the Eagles have won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Logan Cone and Reagan Wodicka were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Cone tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Wodicka tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). At bat, Cone went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI and one double, while Wodicka got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four stolen bases and four runs.
In other batting news, High Point Baptist Academy got a massive performance out of Colton Swenson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI, three runs, and one triple. Those five RBI gave Swenson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Bradon Howe, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and two RBI.
High Point Baptist Academy hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters in five consecutive contests.
High Point Baptist Academy has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Lancaster Mennonite, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
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