With a playoff game on the line, Kirk Academy rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They came out on top against the North Delta Green Wave by a score of 9-6. That's two games straight that Kirk Academy has won by exactly three runs.
Logan Pratt made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over 4.1 innings while giving up five earned runs off only two hits. Pratt was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carter Hathcock, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
On North Delta's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kolby Baker, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Hunter Carpenter, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
The victory was the third in a row for Kirk Academy, bringing their record for this year to 6-13. As for North Delta, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-9.
Kirk Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against North Delta: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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