The Athenian Owls will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Head-Royce Jayhawks at 4:00 p.m. Athenian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Athenian is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Joseph Notre Dame just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They lost 11-3 to the Pilots.
Athenian saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Williams, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Head-Royce earned a 7-2 victory over St. Joseph Notre Dame on Thursday.
The team relied heavily on Kento Tsuji, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Graham Sanger was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Athenian's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Head-Royce, their win bumped their record up to 13-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Athenian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Head-Royce struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Athenian came up short against Head-Royce in their previous matchup back in April, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Head-Royce's Ezra Goldfarb, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Now that Athenian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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