The King's Ridge Christian Tigers will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. King's Ridge Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
On Thursday, King's Ridge Christian didn't have quite enough to beat Whitefield Academy and fell 8-7. The Tigers have struggled against the WolfPack recently, as their game on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Josie Fratesi made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sadie Smith, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Even though they lost, King's Ridge Christian didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Whitefield Academy only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Holy Innocents Episcopal unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against Woodward Academy, falling 13-3.
Holy Innocents Episcopal saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Vivian Early, who went 2-for-2 with a triple, a double, and an RBI. What's more, Early also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had since back in September of 2023.
King's Ridge Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Holy Innocents Episcopal, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 7-11.
King's Ridge Christian took their victory against Holy Innocents Episcopal in their previous meeting back in August by a conclusive 17-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for King's Ridge Christian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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