The Prospect Ridge Academy Miners will head out on the road to square off against The Academy Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
The Academy is hoping to do on Tuesday what Manual couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Prospect Ridge Academy's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Prospect Ridge Academy's pitcher stepped up to hand Manual an 8-0 shutout.
Prospect Ridge Academy got a massive performance out of Zeke Bote, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Liam Schilling was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, everything went The Academy's way against Kent Denver on Thursday as The Academy made off with a 10-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for The Academy.
Dylan Akers made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 16 over 6.1 innings pitched. Akers was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Gabe Atencio was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Prospect Ridge Academy's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for The Academy, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Prospect Ridge Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like The Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Prospect Ridge Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against The Academy in their previous matchup on April 2nd, sneaking past 13-12. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was The Academy's Tony Fabian, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Prospect Ridge Academy still be able to contain Fabian? There's only one way to find out.
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