The East Wake Academy Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Northside - Pinetown Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with East Wake Academy sitting on 16 straight wins and Northside - Pinetown on six.
East Wake Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They had just enough and edged Bear Grass Charter out 8-6. Eight seems to be a good number for East Wake Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Dylan Palmer and Jordan Fuentes did most of the damage at the plate: Palmer scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Fuentes scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Northside - Pinetown ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Roxboro Community 6-5.
The team relied heavily on Jamie Corprew, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Holden Boykin, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
East Wake Academy pushed their record up to 17-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Northside - Pinetown, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. East Wake Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Northside - Pinetown struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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