The King Lions will head out on the road to take on the Armwood Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. King is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
King only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-point they dealt Brandon on Thursday. King never let Brandon onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory.
King got a great performance from Carlos Rivera as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Koveyontez Balentine was incredible, going 2-for-2 with four RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Nico Brown, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Armwood's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Chamberlain by a score of 12-11. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Rhys Brush and Matthew Hall did some serious damage despite the final result: Brush went 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI, while Hall scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Villanueva, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
The win got King back to even at 7-7. As for Armwood, their loss dropped their record down to 9-4.
King came up short against Armwood in their previous meeting back in March, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Armwood's Owen Leever, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that King 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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