Baseball Recap: Thales Academy Rolesville Wins Going Away Against Friendship Christian

Knights

Margin (Wins)

04/17/25 @ Neuse Christian Academy	17
03/27/25 @ Friendship Christian	14
05/01/25 vs Friendship Christian	11
03/31/25 @ Thales Academy Apex	11
04/15/25 @ St. Thomas More Academy	10

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Burlington Christian Academy, Thales Academy Rolesville was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Friendship Christian Falcons with a sharp 15-4 victory. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won eight matchups by ten runs or more so far this season.

Chase Davidson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

In other batting news, Thales Academy Rolesville got a massive performance out of Cooper Nash, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and three RBI. The Knights are undefeated when Nash posts two or more runs, but 2-6 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Wil Antunez, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and one stolen base.

Thales Academy Rolesville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .476. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Friendship Christian only posted a batting average of .000.

Thales Academy Rolesville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games. As for Friendship Christian, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-10.

Thales Academy Rolesville didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-1 victory against Wake Christian Academy on the 2nd. As for Friendship Christian, they have also already played their next matchup, a 21-20 defeat against St. Thomas More Academy on the 2nd.