The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will take on the Pine Lake Prep Pride at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain Island Charter will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Mountain Island Charter played against Christ the King on Monday and won via forfeit.
Pine Lake Prep's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Langtree Charter Academy with a sharp 17-0 victory. Considering the Pride have won 12 contests by more than nine runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Kristen Armstrong was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Armstrong was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. Those six RBI gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Emery Jensen was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles. Maddie Beaver was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Pine Lake Prep kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in nine consecutive games.
Pine Lake Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.4 runs over those games. As for Mountain Island Charter, they pushed their record up to 10-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Mountain Island Charter came out on top in a nail-biter against Pine Lake Prep when the teams last played on April 4th, sneaking past 7-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Raptors since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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