The South Stokes Sauras will head out on the road to challenge the Leadership Academy Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Stokes is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
South Stokes' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Elkin.
Maddox Nelson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on two hits and racked up 16 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Stokes' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cameryn Phipps, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Leadership Academy got the win against Carver on Tuesday by a conclusive 13-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Leadership Academy.
The team relied heavily on Sylas London, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jafet Rodriguez, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
South Stokes' victory bumped their record up to 5-14. As for Leadership Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-11.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. South Stokes has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Leadership Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
South Stokes couldn't quite finish off Leadership Academy when the teams last played on April 2nd and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leadership Academy's Chase Jenkins, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that South Stokes 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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