The King's Academy Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mercy Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. King's Academy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
King's Academy stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Saratoga a 10-0 shutout.
Annika Nesper and Katia Nesper made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Nesper didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Nesper pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Nesper scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Nesper went 2-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a double.
In other batting news, Ava Thompson was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Bella Giles, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Mercy was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They fell 4-1 to Notre Dame.
Mercy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was E Gonsalves, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
King's Academy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-2. As for Mercy, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10-1 record this season.
Mercy's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: King's Academy has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.9 hits per game. It's a different story for Mercy, though, as they've been averaging 9.2. Given King's Academy's sizable advantage in that area, Mercy will need to find a way to close that gap.
King's Academy took their victory against Mercy when the teams last played back in April by a conclusive 7-0. Does King's Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mercy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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