The Southwood Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Oak Hill Golden Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwood comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Southwood's offense. They lost 10-0 to Rochester on Wednesday.
Alexandria-Monroe hit Oak Hill with a four-run fifth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Golden Eagles fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 8-7. The Golden Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Dylan Archer was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. He is becoming a predictor of Oak Hill's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 3-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Trenner Boswell, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Oak Hill now has a losing record of 5-6. As for Southwood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Southwood suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Oak Hill in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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