Colorado Academy and Forge Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Colorado Academy Mustangs will be playing at home against the Forge Christian Fury at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Colorado Academy: 4.1, Forge Christian: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Colorado Academy is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Denver Christian just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 13-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunder.
Colorado Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Reiter, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Evans, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Forge Christian had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Pumas out 4-3.
Forge Christian let Ben McLean and Easton Wilde loose on the outfield. McLean went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, while Wilde scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Sullivan Strange, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Colorado Academy's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-3. As for Forge Christian, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
Colorado Academy beat Forge Christian 7-2 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Does Colorado Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Forge Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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