The Benjamin Russell Wildcats will head out to square off against the Lee-Scott Academy Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, Benjamin Russell narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Central 3-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lee-Scott Academy). Everything went their way against Beulah on Friday as Lee-Scott Academy made off with a 16-5 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Warriors, who have now won six games in a row.
Lee-Scott Academy got a massive performance out of Sam Jackson, who went 2-for-5 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs. Those five RBI gave Jackson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Haiden Harper, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4.
Lee-Scott Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .583. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Lee-Scott Academy pushed their record up to 12-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Benjamin Russell, the victory got them back to even at 7-7-1.
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