Lee Park Prep has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the NorthPoint Christian Academy NightHawks at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lee Park Prep's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Walnut Grove Christian as Lee Park Prep made off with a 7-0 win.
Brody Adams made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Adams has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Adams was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Adams wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Isaac Watkins, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Justus Stikeleather was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, NorthPoint Christian Academy had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They blew past the Patriots 9-3. Considering NorthPoint Christian Academy has won nine matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Like Lee Park Prep, NorthPoint Christian Academy also got a great game from a two-way player: Micah Enriquez. He struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Enriquez was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, NorthPoint Christian Academy got a big performance out of Andrew Badolato, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Powell Maslin, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
Lee Park Prep has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for NorthPoint Christian Academy, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lee Park Prep has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like NorthPoint Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Lee Park Prep suffered a grim 20-0 defeat to NorthPoint Christian Academy in their previous matchup on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of NorthPoint Christian Academy's Tyler Wagner, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Now that Lee Park Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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