The School Without Walls Penguins will head out on the road to square off against the NOVA HomeSchool Lions at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
School Without Walls is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Bell, who was ranked 13th at the time (School Without Walls was ranked fourth). The Penguins put the hurt on the Griffins with a sharp 21-1 victory on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Penguins in their matchups with the Griffins: they've now won seven in a row.
Jabari Myers was excellent, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach Daskal-Koss, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI and one run.
School Without Walls hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least three batters in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, NOVA HomeSchool had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 15-1 victory.
School Without Walls pushed their record up to 15-8 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for NOVA HomeSchool, their win bumped their record up to 12-3.
School Without Walls took their victory against NOVA HomeSchool in their previous matchup back in April of 2019 by a conclusive 12-2 score. Will the Penguins repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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