The Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men Knights will head out to take on the Northside Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Back in March, Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men beat North Forest 6-2. The win continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now won eight in a row.
Meanwhile, Northside put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Yates with a sharp 17-5 victory. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly 12 runs.
Conner Amos was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Huerta, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Northside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .875. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .553 or higher in eight consecutive contests.
Northside pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Northside in their previous meeting back in March of 2020. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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