Baseball Game Preview: Charlotte Christian Knights vs. Cienega Bobcats

The Charlotte Christian Knights will face off against the Cienega Bobcats at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither Charlotte Christian nor Cienega posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Cienega will be up against a hot Charlotte Christian squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Charlotte Christian came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against Yuma.

Russ Berger

Batters Struck Out (Career)

02/28/25 vs Yuma	9
05/03/24 vs Providence Day	4
04/09/24 vs Cannon	3
03/26/24 @ Charlotte Country Day School	3
04/16/24 vs Charlotte Latin	2

Russ Berger tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

On the hitting side, Charlotte Christian's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hudson Simmons, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.

Meanwhile, Cienega came up short against Canutillo on Friday and fell 7-2.

Cienega's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Charlotte Christian, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.