The McKeel Academy Wildcats will take on the Santa Fe Catholic Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a six-game winning streak alive.
On Thursday, McKeel Academy needed a bit of extra time to put away Lakeland Christian. They won by a run and slipped past the Vikings 6-5. Six seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Tristan Blomeley looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, McKeel Academy saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Rouse, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-5. Another was Aedan Tompkins, who went 2-for-5 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Santa Fe Catholic sidestepped Mulberry for a 6-5 victory. That's two games straight that the Hawks have won by just one run.
Angel Andujar was excellent, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one double.
McKeel Academy pushed their record up to 14-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Santa Fe Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 19-3.
McKeel Academy suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Santa Fe Catholic in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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