The Erskine Academy Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Gardiner Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Erskine Academy will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Erskine Academy's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Nokomis on Tuesday. They lost 6-0 to the Warriors. The match marked the first time this season in which Erskine Academy was not able to get on the board.
Hayden Chase was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Simon Clark was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Erskine Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Nokomis only tossed seven.
Gardiner lost 12-5 to Oak Hill on Wednesday.
Jake Farnham made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Dana Roberts, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Erskine Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Gardiner, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Erskine Academy came up short against Gardiner in their previous meeting last Monday, falling 12-7. Can Erskine Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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