TEACH Homeschool waltzed into their match in Friday's second game with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Norfolk Collegiate Mighty Oaks and snuck past 4-2. That's two games straight that TEACH Homeschool has won by exactly two runs.
The team relied heavily on Sammy Petersen, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.
On Norfolk Collegiate's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Crenshaw, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
TEACH Homeschool pushed their record up to 7-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs per game. As for Norfolk Collegiate, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. TEACH Homeschool will square off against Central Virginia HomeSchool Athletic Association at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. TEACH Homeschool's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Central Virginia HomeSchool Athletic Association's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Norfolk Collegiate, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Peninsula Catholic at 4:00 p.m. Peninsula Catholic hasn't scored more than one runs for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
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