The Apex Friendship Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Holly Springs Golden Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Apex Friendship sitting on three straight wins and Holly Springs on eight.
Apex Friendship's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. Everything went their way against Cary as they made off with a 15-0 victory. The game marked the Patriots' most dominant win of the season so far.
Cheyenne Christman made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Christman was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sydney Joyce, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was India Matute, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Apex Friendship always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .700. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Holly Springs got the win against Apex on Tuesday by a conclusive 18-6. The Golden Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Holly Springs pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Apex Friendship, their record is now 8-2.
Apex Friendship came out on top in a nail-biter against Holly Springs in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Patriots since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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