The Pilgrim Academy Pioneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Atlantic Christian Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, The Pilgrim Academy came up short against Oakcrest and fell 7-4. The Pilgrim Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Atlantic Christian waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They were the clear victor by a 17-3 margin over the Crusaders. The result was nothing new for Atlantic Christian, who have now won seven contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Taylor Sutton was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more stolen bases the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Evangelina Kim, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-2.
The Pilgrim Academy's loss dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Atlantic Christian, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
The Pilgrim Academy couldn't quite finish off Atlantic Christian in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Atlantic Christian's Ava Nixon, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that The Pilgrim Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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