For the first time this season, Hartfield Academy will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will welcome the St. Joseph Catholic Bruins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Hartfield Academy 2.1, St. Joseph Catholic 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Hartfield Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Cathedral, who was ranked 25th at the time (Hartfield Academy was ranked third). Hartfield Academy put the hurt on Cathedral with a sharp 7-1 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won 12 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Sam Oakley and JP Abt did most of the damage at the plate: Oakley scored two runs while going 1-for-2, while Abt went 2-for-3 with one triple and two RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Catholic has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.14 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Saturday. They fell 14-10 to Enterprise. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The win (which was Hartfield Academy's fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for St. Joseph Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
Everything went Hartfield Academy's way against St. Joseph Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Hartfield Academy made off with a 12-4 win. Will Hartfield Academy repeat their success, or does St. Joseph Catholic has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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