The Northwood Academy Chargers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hammond Skyhawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northwood Academy will be strutting in after a win while Hammond will be coming in after a defeat.
Northwood Academy waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Gators by a score of 5-1. Five seems to be a good number for Northwood Academy as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Elijah Flatt tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Ben Defriece was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hammond fell victim to Prince Avenue Christian and their airtight pitching crew on March 8th. They suffered a tough 6-0 loss at the hands of the Wolverines. Hammond has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwood Academy now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Hammond, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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