Forsyth Country Day is 0-10 against Wesleyan Christian Academy since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Forsyth Country Day Furies will head out on the road to take on the Wesleyan Christian Academy Trojans at 5:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Forsyth Country Day is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Calvary Day School just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars.
Landon Johnson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 11 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Forsyth Country Day saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Matthews, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Wesleyan Christian Academy ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over High Point Christian Academy. The victory was nothing new for Wesleyan Christian Academy as they're now sitting on six straight.
Hudson Lance spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sawyer Black, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Forsyth Country Day's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Wesleyan Christian Academy, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-5.
Forsyth Country Day suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Wesleyan Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wesleyan Christian Academy's Myles Crocker, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Forsyth Country Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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