Simpson Academy entered their tilt with Lamar with 14 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 15. They won by a run and slipped past the Lamar Raiders 4-3. That's two games straight that Simpson Academy has won by just one run.
Simpson Academy's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Braden Duncan, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Simpson Academy pushed their record up to 22-4 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs per game. As for Lamar, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-10.
Simpson Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lamar: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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