The City College Black Knights will challenge the Dunbar Poets at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in City College's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs every time they've taken the field this season.
On Wednesday, City College made easy work of Lake Clifton and carried off an 18-10 victory. Fans of the Black Knights have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Keira Thompson
| 04/23/25 @ Lake Clifton | 3 |
| 04/09/25 @ Forest Park | 7 |
| 04/04/25 @ Douglass | 2 |
| 04/02/25 @ Digital Harbor | 2 |
| 03/28/25 @ Western | 2 |
| + 4 more games |
City College let Ja'Dyn Muldrow and Keira Thompson run wild. Muldrow went a perfect 3-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and one triple, while Thompson went a perfect 2-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one triple. Thompson is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. Mackenzie Carter was another key player, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with four stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
City College was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .636. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .429 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Dunbar lost 24-8 to Academy for College and Career Exploration on Tuesday.
City College pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 18.8 runs thus far. As for Dunbar, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Everything went City College's way against Dunbar in their previous meeting back in March of 2017, as City College made off with a 25-1 victory. Do the Black Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Poets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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