The Episcopal Knights will take on the Doyle Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Episcopal will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Monday, then bounced right back against Family Christian on Tuesday. The Knights were the clear victors by a 17-3 margin over the Flames. The Knights have beaten the Flames the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Flames has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Doyle came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Raiders 12-5.
Brennan Guidry looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, Easton Benesta was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and one run. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Jackson McCaskill was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs and one triple.
Doyle was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Doyle pushed their record up to 19-16-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Episcopal, they now have a winning record of 15-14.
Episcopal might still be hurting after the 11-3 loss they got from Doyle when the teams last played last Wednesday. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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