The TNXL Academy Ducks will head out to square off against the Orangewood Christian Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. TNXL Academy is coming into the match hot, having won their last 14 games.
TNXL Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Reborn Christian Academy an 18-0 shutout on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, everything went Orangewood Christian's way against Lake Highland Prep on Tuesday as Orangewood Christian made off with a 16-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Rams, who have now won five games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Aiden Balls made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has become a key player for Orangewood Christian: the team is 4-1 when he allows at most three hits, but 3-4 otherwise. Balls was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. What's more, he posted three RBI, the most he's had since back in April of 2024.
In other batting news, Max Sakala and Tre Roach did most of the damage at the plate: Sakala scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Roach scored three runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most runs Roach has posted since back in February of 2024. Carson Balls was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Orangewood Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .567. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
TNXL Academy pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Orangewood Christian, their record is now 7-5.
TNXL Academy couldn't quite finish off Orangewood Christian when the teams last played back in February of 2017 and fell 5-3. Can TNXL Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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