Silverdale Academy waltzed into their matchup on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They beat the Boyd-Buchanan Buccaneers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Silverdale Academy also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
Maddox Jones spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Owen Phillips was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jacob Murray, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Boyd-Buchanan's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hudson Speares, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Silverdale Academy pushed their record up to 10-2 with that win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs per game. As for Boyd-Buchanan, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-2.
Silverdale Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Boyd-Buchanan: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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