After four games on the road, Trinity Academy is heading back home. They will take on the Kingman Eagles at 3:00 p.m. in Monday's first game. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In Thursday's second game, it was close, but Trinity Academy sidestepped Chaparral for a 5-4 victory.
Josiah Sems made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Sems was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, Trinity Academy let Braden Roberts and Luke Myles loose on the outfield. Roberts scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Myles scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ethan Eberhardt, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Kingman had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 12-2 margin over the Cardinals. Considering Kingman has won four matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Trinity Academy pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs per game. As for Kingman, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Trinity Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Kingman when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 10-9. Does Trinity Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kingman turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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