The Alcoa Tornadoes will challenge the King's Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Alcoa's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so King's Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
King's Academy will be up against a hot Alcoa team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Alcoa never let West get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Tornadoes, who have now won four games by seven runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Miles Watson, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Aden Orrick, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, King's Academy came up short against Unicoi County on Thursday and fell 6-2. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
King's Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Hamilton, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Alcoa pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for King's Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Everything went Alcoa's way against King's Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Alcoa made off with a 12-5 victory. Does Alcoa have another victory up their sleeve, or will King's Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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