Friends' Central had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Academy of the New Church Lions. This was payback for Friends' Central, who suffered a 15-4 defeat the last time these two teams met.
For Academy of the New Church's part, Jamie Madara put in work while hitting and pitching. She struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Madara has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Madara was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Academy of the New Church didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Academy of the New Church's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 8-2.
As of now, neither Friends' Central nor Academy of the New Church have any future games scheduled.
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