The Heritage Hawks will head out to challenge Covenant Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has four straight wins, Covenant Academy has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Heritage didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Central Fellowship Christian Academy with a sharp 11-3 victory on Tuesday. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by eight runs or more this season.
Amelia Thornton made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Thornton was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Reilley Jorge and Zoey Hall did most of the damage at the plate: Jorge scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances, while Hall scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Izabella Sewell also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a OBP of .500 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Covenant Academy lost 11-5 to Windsor Academy on Tuesday.
Covenant Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rachel Williams, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Katie Lanier Mixon, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Heritage pushed their record up to 4-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Covenant Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Covenant Academy's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Heritage has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 11.2 hits per game. It's a different story for Covenant Academy, though, as they've been averaging 9.4. Given Heritage's sizable advantage in that area, Covenant Academy will need to find a way to close that gap.
Heritage came out on top in a nail-biter against Covenant Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, sneaking past 10-8. Will Heritage repeat their success, or does Covenant Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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