It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Durham Academy ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They beat the Cary Academy Chargers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. The win was familiar territory for Durham Academy who now have three in a row.
Amare Burrus was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of CW Hollenbeck, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
On Cary Academy's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sunil Lindsay, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Andrew Wessels, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Durham Academy's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-6. As for Cary Academy, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-8.
Durham Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cary Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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