Alcoa came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Grace Christian Academy Rams 6-5. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Alcoa also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2022.
Alcoa got a great performance from Lily Marsh as she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Adrianna King was incredible, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Olivia Emert, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Grace Christian Academy's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Hodges, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Alcoa is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. As for Grace Christian Academy, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 13-6.
Alcoa will be playing in front of their home fans against Gatlinburg-Pittman at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Alcoa's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Gatlinburg-Pittman's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Grace Christian Academy, they will head out on the road to square off against Christian Academy of Knoxville at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Christian Academy of Knoxville will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
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