Baseball Game Preview: TEACH Homeschool Beach Breakers vs. Norfolk Christian Ambassadors

TEACH Homeschool is a perfect 4-0 against Norfolk Christian since April of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Beach Breakers will venture away from home to square off against the Ambassadors at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

TEACH Homeschool is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Central Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association on Monday. They fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 3-2. The Beach Breakers have struggled against the Patriots recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.

Conner Burcker

Hits Against

04/21/25 vs Central Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association	2
04/17/25 vs StoneBridge	1
03/21/25 vs Peninsula Catholic	1

Conner Burcker was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.

Meanwhile, Norfolk Christian came up short against Steward on Tuesday and fell 7-3. The Ambassadors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Norfolk Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Newton, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.

Norfolk Christian's loss dropped their record down to 8-11. As for TEACH Homeschool, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.

Everything went TEACH Homeschool's way against Norfolk Christian in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as TEACH Homeschool made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Beach Breakers repeat their success, or do the Ambassadors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.