St. John Lutheran is 1-9 against First Academy since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Saints will take on the Eagles at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
St. John Lutheran easily dispatched First Coast Christian on Monday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Saints fell just short of Countryside Christian by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Saints couldn't push the score so high this time.
St. John Lutheran saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adam Stillwell, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, First Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 21-19 heartbreaker at the hands of Tavares. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Eagles have suffered since March 21st.
Caiden Wilcox was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 3-for-6. He is becoming a predictor of First Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 7-2 (and 3-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Collin Herrell, who scored two runs while going 4-for-6.
St. John Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for First Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
St. John Lutheran might still be hurting after the 27-3 loss they got from First Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can the Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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