The Mounds Park Academy Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Nova Classical Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mounds Park Academy has given up an average of 11.3 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mounds Park Academy came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Providence Academy, falling 19-2.
Mounds Park Academy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Metcalf, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one double. Another was Kayden Gausman, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nova Classical Academy). Everything went their way against Johnson on Tuesday as they made off with a 32-4 victory. With that win, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.
Kincaid Gerber made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Gerber was also big at the plate, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with four runs, three RBI, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three).
Nova Classical Academy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 20 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.7 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 10.2.
Nova Classical Academy's record now sits at 2-9. As for Mounds Park Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
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