North Raleigh Christian Academy is 1-9 against Wake County HomeSchool since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Wake County HomeSchool Warriors at 6:15 p.m. Neither North Raleigh Christian Academy nor Wake County HomeSchool posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Tuesday, North Raleigh Christian Academy came up short against Burlington Christian Academy and fell 5-2. The contest marked the Knights' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
North Raleigh Christian Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddux Sanburn, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Wake County HomeSchool waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Falcons a 2-0 shutout.
Calvin Tourville tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Avery Martin, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and two RBI. That stolen base was his first of the season.
Wake County HomeSchool pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for North Raleigh Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-2.
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