The Andrews Osborne Academy Phoenix will take on the Cardinal Huskies at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Andrews Osborne Academy has ten straight wins, Cardinal has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Andrews Osborne Academy proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 18) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Medina Christian Academy 4-3. Those four runs were actually the fewest the Phoenix have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Cardinal's offense. They fell just short of Lakeside by a score of 2-0 on Thursday.
Cardinal saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Caldwell, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. That stolen base marked the first that Caldwell has snagged this season.
Andrews Osborne Academy pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average this season. As for Cardinal, their loss dropped their record down to 1-15.
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