The St. Joseph Academy Flashes will be playing at home against the Christ's Church Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (St. Joseph Academy: 3.6, Christ's Church Academy: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Things were looking good for St. Joseph Academy after they put the first points on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of First Coast by a score of 2-1. St. Joseph Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sean Miskowiec was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 12 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, St. Joseph Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Lewis, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, St. Joseph Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Christ's Church Academy stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past First Coast Christian 17-1. The victory was nothing new for Christ's Church Academy as they're now sitting on three straight.
St. Joseph Academy's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-8. As for Christ's Church Academy, they pushed their record up to 15-7 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home.
St. Joseph Academy took their victory against Christ's Church Academy in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 20-0. Does St. Joseph Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Christ's Church Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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