The Martin Luther King Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Thomas A. Edison Owls at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Martin Luther King is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 14.8 runs per game this season.
Martin Luther King is is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 18-5 walloping at the hands of South Philadelphia. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Martin Luther King has scored all season.
Martin Luther King saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Thompson, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Thomas A. Edison won against Franklin Learning Center on Thursday with 15 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Thomas A. Edison never let Jules E. Mastbaum Vo-Tech onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. Considering Thomas A. Edison has won four games by more than 13 runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Martin Luther King's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Thomas A. Edison, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Martin Luther King might still be hurting after the 10-3 defeat they got from Thomas A. Edison in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Martin Luther King avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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