Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy is 0-4 against Bayside since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Bayside Bears, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy fell victim to Merritt Island Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. The contest marked that first time this year in which Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy was not able to get on the board.
Isabella Kapatoes spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cali Perillo, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Meanwhile, Bayside can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They blew past Palm Bay 16-1. 16 seems to be a good number for Bayside as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
NICOLE GARCIA made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (she also didn't allow any walks). GARCIA was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on HALEIGH CURRY, who scored five runs and stole eight bases while going 5-for-5. Another player making a difference was JORDYN MILO, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy fell to 6-1. As for Bayside, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Bayside's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Bayside, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8 per game. Will Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy keep running through batters, or will Bayside buck the trend?
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from Bayside when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Brooke Mahaney (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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