The Northeast Vikings will head out on the road to challenge Science Leadership Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northeast has four straight wins, Science Leadership Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Northeast will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 11) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Olney 7-5.
Machi Piatka-Walker made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single hit, only two earned runs while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Piatka-Walker was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Piatka-Walker wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Gerald Simon, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Science Leadership Academy's offense. They lost 10-0 to Frankford on Tuesday.
Northeast is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Science Leadership Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Science Leadership Academy's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Northeast hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .365. It's a different story for Science Leadership Academy, though, as they've only averaged .252. Will they be able to contain Northeast's hitters?
Everything went Northeast's way against Science Leadership Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Northeast made off with a 15-5 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northeast since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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