Rocky Mount Academy is 9-1 against Faith Christian since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Rocky Mount Academy Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Faith Christian Patriots at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, everything went Rocky Mount Academy's way against John Paul II Catholic as Rocky Mount Academy made off with an 11-3 win. With that victory, Rocky Mount Academy brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Seth Tickel made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Tickel has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Tickel was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Luke Holloman was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Donaven Wright, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian waltzed into their game on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 14-3 win. That's two games straight that Faith Christian has won by exactly 11 runs.
Like Rocky Mount Academy, Faith Christian also got a great game from a two-way player: Tanner Trevathan. Throwing, Trevathan struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Dylan Morgan tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Trevathan scored two runs while going 1-for-4, while Morgan scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Adam Creef and Noah Mayo did most of the damage at the plate: Creef scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Mayo went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Vincent Wilson, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Rocky Mount Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Faith Christian, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Rocky Mount Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Faith Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Rocky Mount Academy skirted past Faith Christian 3-1 in their previous meeting back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Faith Christian's Ayden Tyndall, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rocky Mount Academy still be able to contain Tyndall? There's only one way to find out.
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