St. Andrew's Episcopal is 9-1 against Raleigh since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The St. Andrew's Episcopal Saints will head out on the road to face off against the Raleigh Lions at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Andrew's Episcopal has ten straight victories, Raleigh has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Saturday, St. Andrew's Episcopal had just enough and edged Clinton out 7-6.
Justin Word made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Word was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Callan Baldwin was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. John William Walker was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Raleigh fell victim to a rough 7-1 defeat at the hands of Puckett on Friday.
Even though they lost, Raleigh didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Puckett only tossed 11.
St. Andrew's Episcopal's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-5. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs per game. As for Raleigh, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Everything went St. Andrew's Episcopal's way against Raleigh when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as St. Andrew's Episcopal made off with a 10-2 victory. Will St. Andrew's Episcopal repeat their success, or does Raleigh have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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