The Forsyth Home Educators Hawks will head out on the road to take on the Grace Academy Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Forsyth Home Educators is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Forsyth Home Educators came up short against Charlotte S and fell 7-4. Forsyth Home Educators has not had much luck with Charlotte S recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Parker Broadus was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Broadus was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Lucas Beaver made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-3 with a triple and a run. Another player making a difference was Walker Thompson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Grace Academy scored the most runs they've had all season to find success last Friday. Everything went their way against Queen's Grant as Grace Academy made off with a 20-5 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Forsyth Home Educators' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-6. As for Grace Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-6.
Forsyth Home Educators beat Grace Academy 6-2 in their previous meeting back in April of 2016. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forsyth Home Educators 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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