Baseball Preview: Lafayette Christian Academy Knights vs. Opelousas Catholic Vikings
The Lafayette Christian Academy Knights will head out on the road to take on the Opelousas Catholic Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Opelousas Catholic took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Lafayette Christian Academy, who comes in off a win.
Lafayette Christian Academy can't be too worried about heading out to take on Opelousas Catholic: they just beat Rayne at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Lafayette Christian Academy skirted past Rayne 3-1.
Ashton Celestine spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, Lafayette Christian Academy's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kade Welch, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Martin, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last five games, Opelousas Catholic finally came back down to earth on Monday. They fell just short of Parkview Baptist by a score of 3-1.
Lafayette Christian Academy pushed their record up to 20-12 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Opelousas Catholic, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 26-6.
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