The St. Frances Academy Panthers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the City College Black Knights at 4:00 p.m. St. Frances Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
On Tuesday, St. Frances Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 13-11 win over Meade.
Kai Barner was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Barner was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Julian Mercer was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Brock Nicholson was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, City College had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Considering City College has won 13 matches by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
St. Frances Academy's win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 6-8. As for City College, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
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