The Wilson Christian Academy Chargers will face off against the Thales Academy Rolesville Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Monday just wasn't the day for Wilson Christian Academy's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Greenville Christian Academy on Monday. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thales Academy Rolesville). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Neuse Christian Academy a 17-0 shutout on Thursday. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Andy Moore made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Moore was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
In other batting news, Thales Academy Rolesville got a massive performance out of Cooper Nash, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Nash has become a key player for the Knights: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Evan Clark, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base.
Thales Academy Rolesville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .514. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Thales Academy Rolesville pushed their record up to 9-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.8 runs over those games. As for Wilson Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.
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