The East Wake Academy Eagles will square off against the American Leadership Academy-Johnston Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
East Wake Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Thales Academy Rolesville 17-2 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, American Leadership Academy-Johnston made easy work of Fike on Wednesday and carried off a 12-5 victory.
Amelia Brown made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Brown was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, American Leadership Academy-Johnston got a massive performance out of Makayla Cooke, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that Cooke snagged this season. Savanah Peterkin was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
The win got American Leadership Academy-Johnston back to even at 5-5. As for East Wake Academy, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Everything went East Wake Academy's way against American Leadership Academy-Johnston in their previous meeting back in February, as East Wake Academy made off with a 14-4 win. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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