The St. Andrew's Episcopal Saints will head out on the road to face off against the Puckett Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Andrew's Episcopal has four straight wins, Puckett has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Andrew's Episcopal stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Everything went their way against French Camp Academy as St. Andrew's Episcopal made off with a 13-5 victory. That's two games straight that St. Andrew's Episcopal has won by exactly eight runs.
St. Andrew's Episcopal let Walker Van Meter and Justin Word loose on the outfield. Van Meter scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Word went 2-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. John William Walker was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Puckett had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Wesson on Saturday.
Trent McGraw was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Puckett saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Rankin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of MJ Parker, who scored a run and stole three bases.
St. Andrew's Episcopal's win bumped their record up to 12-5. As for Puckett, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Andrew's Episcopal has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Puckett struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3 per game. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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