Hope Christian Academy are taking a road trip to challenge the Macon-East Montgomery Academy Knights at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hope Christian Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Macon-East Montgomery Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Hope Christian Academy's offense. They fell 5-0 to Evangel Christian on Thursday. Hope Christian Academy has struggled against Evangel Christian recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Macon-East Montgomery Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Generals 17-5. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by seven runs or more this season.
Macon-East Montgomery Academy pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.3 runs over those games. As for Hope Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 14-7.
Hope Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Macon-East Montgomery Academy when the teams last played back in February, sneaking past 8-7. Will Hope Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Macon-East Montgomery Academy has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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