Apex Friendship has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Apex Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Apex Friendship is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
On Wednesday, Apex Friendship was able to grind out a solid win over Cary, taking the game 6-2.
Owen Cirasole spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on nine hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Apex Friendship's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Connor Payne, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of JJ Vondette, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Apex put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Holly Springs with a sharp 11-3 win. 11 seems to be a good number for Apex as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Apex also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Jace Shoffner gave up only one earned (and two unearned) runs on four hits.
On the hitting side, Apex got a big performance out of Jayden Trofatter, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Adrian Gonzalez was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Apex Friendship pushed their record up to 15-11 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Apex, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-7.
Apex Friendship beat Apex 4-0 in their previous meeting back in April. Will Apex Friendship repeat their success, or does Apex have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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