Baseball Recap: Faith Christian Victorious

While Faith Christian's victory against Anniston wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Faith Christian Lions narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Anniston Bulldogs 10-8. That's the fourth time they've managed to beat them this season, with their most recent victory being a 9-3 win two weeks ago.

Toby Ricard

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/13/25 @ Anniston	5
03/04/25 @ Saks	4
02/25/25 @ Weaver	4
02/24/25 @ Wellborn	2
03/07/25 vs Weaver	1

Toby Ricard made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed six innings while giving up six earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing Six bases. while going 2-for-3. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.3 stolen bases per game.

In other batting news, Jayden Smith was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. He has become a key player for Faith Christian: the team is 4-2 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 3-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Smith, who scored two runs and stole Two bases.

Faith Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .516. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory snapped Faith Christian's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-6 record. As for Anniston, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.

Faith Christian didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 16-2 defeat against Donoho on the 14th. Anniston has also already played their next match (against Jacksonville Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.