The Crossroads Roadrunners will be playing at home against the Lennox Academy Panthers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Crossroads: 4, Lennox Academy: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Crossroads will head into Wednesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 11) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Milken 5-3.
Crossroads let Beckett Yi and Jake McCaffrey loose on the outfield. Yi scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while McCaffrey got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Smith, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lennox Academy put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hawthorne Math & Science Academy as Lennox Academy made off with a 14-4 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Lennox Academy considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Crossroads' win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-8-1. As for Lennox Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Everything went Crossroads' way against Lennox Academy in their previous matchup back in May of 2021 as Crossroads made off with a 12-0 victory. Does Crossroads have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lennox Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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