Oak Forest Academy waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Columbia Academy Cougars and snuck past 6-4. That's two games straight that Oak Forest Academy has won by exactly two runs.
For Columbia Academy's part, Roman Lawrence put in work no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.1 innings pitched. Lawrence was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Lawrence wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Trent Buckley, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Jackson Speir, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Columbia Academy lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they post two or more home runs.
Oak Forest Academy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Columbia Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 24-10.
As of now, neither Oak Forest Academy nor Columbia Academy have any future games scheduled.
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