With a playoff game on the line, The King's Academy rose to the challenge on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Sherwood Christian Academy Eagles a 17-0 shutout. The King's Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 18 matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Noah Jordi made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Jordi was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a triple and an RBI.
In other batting news, The King's Academy got a massive performance out of Cory Culpepper, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 5-for-5. Culpepper has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jimmy Anderson, who went 3-for-5 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs.
The victory (which was The King's Academy's eighth in a row) raised their record to 23-2. As for Sherwood Christian Academy, their loss was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-15.
As of now, neither The King's Academy nor Sherwood Christian Academy have any future games scheduled.
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