The Tuscaloosa Home Educators Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the East Central HomeSchool Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Central HomeSchool took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Tuscaloosa Home Educators, who comes in off a win.
On Monday, Tuscaloosa Home Educators got the win against Tuscaloosa Christian by a conclusive 13-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Tuscaloosa Home Educators.
Jackson Sodergren was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Ben Poland was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, East Central HomeSchool fell victim to a tough 19-8 defeat at the hands of Wiregrass on Saturday. East Central HomeSchool has not had much luck with Wiregrass recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
East Central HomeSchool saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tucker Wadsworth, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Joe Murphree, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with an RBI.
Tuscaloosa Home Educators' win bumped their record up to 2-9. As for East Central HomeSchool, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Tuscaloosa Home Educators has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like East Central HomeSchool struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.3 per game. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Tuscaloosa Home Educators might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from East Central HomeSchool in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Central HomeSchool's Andrew Barksdale, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Now that Tuscaloosa Home Educators 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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