The Wake Prep Academy Guardians will square off against the Franklinton Red Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Wake Prep Academy will be strutting in after a victory while Franklinton will be coming in after a defeat.
While Guardians fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Monday's season opener. They had just enough and edged out Neuse Charter 6-5 on Monday.
Branden Sigman looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Russell Fowler, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Franklinton fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Sanderson on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 4-3.
Jackson Zirulnik was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with three stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Franklinton kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sanderson onlymanaged four hits.
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