The Wake County HomeSchool Warriors are on the road again on Thursday to play the Grace Christian Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wake County HomeSchool will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Wednesday, then bounced right back against The Burlington School on Monday. Wake County HomeSchool never let The Burlington School onto the board and left with an 11-0 win. That looming 11-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Wake County HomeSchool yet this season.
Gabriel Ferrell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Ferrell was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Wake County HomeSchool let Levi Baker and Avery Martin loose on the outfield. Baker scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Martin scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Austin Clark was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Grace Christian had just enough and edged Combine Academy National out 4-3 on Monday.
Grace Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Murchison, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Boaz Harper, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Wake County HomeSchool is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Grace Christian, their record is now 12-5.
Wake County HomeSchool couldn't quite finish off Grace Christian in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grace Christian's Camron Seagraves, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Wake County HomeSchool 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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