The Amelia Academy Patriots will take on the Kenston Forest Kavaliers at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Amelia Academy will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Southampton Academy, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Amelia Academy came out on top against Southampton Academy by a score of 5-2 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Amelia Academy.
Jacob Creswell made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Creswell has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Creswell was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Troy Hill was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Kaivin Dowell was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Kenston Forest had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Vikings.
Jett Algier spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Kenston Forest's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jobe Sullivan, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Amelia Academy's record is now 11-4. As for Kenston Forest, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Amelia Academy has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.1 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Kenston Forest struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Amelia Academy came up short against Kenston Forest in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kenston Forest's Graham Sledd, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Amelia Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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