Baseball Game Preview: Evangelical Christian Sentinels vs. Southwest Florida Christian King's

The Evangelical Christian Sentinels will square off against the Southwest Florida Christian King at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Evangelical Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Gulf Coast H as they made off with an 11-1 win.

Anthony Cabrera made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Cabrera was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Boston Gibbs

Earned Runs

02/13/25 vs Lemon Bay	7
04/01/25 vs LaBelle	2
03/25/25 @ Naples	2

In other pitching news, Boston Gibbs looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has become a key player for Evangelical Christian: the team is 4-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-12 otherwise.

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Ryder Lutz, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Evangelical Christian's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is undefeated (and 9-14 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Gavin Teeter, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.

Evangelical Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. They are 6-1 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southwest Florida Christian). Their pitchers stepped up to hand The Classical Academy of Sarasota a 15-0 shutout on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what the King's needed considering they were shut out in their previous match.

Evangelical Christian's victory bumped their record up to 12-14. As for Southwest Florida Christian, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 12-10 record.