Baseball Game Preview: Faith Academy Rams vs. St. Paul's Episcopal Saints

For the second straight game, Faith Academy will face off against St. Paul's Episcopal. The Rams will head out to challenge the Saints at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Faith Academy will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.

On Thursday, Faith Academy beat St. Paul's Episcopal 9-6.

Faith Academy got a great performance from Riley Hall as he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits. What's more, Hall posted four strikeouts, the most he's had over his last five contests.

Bryce Turner

Hits (Career)

04/03/25 vs St. Paul's Episcopal	2
03/27/25 @ Mobile Christian	1
03/21/25 vs Vigor	1
03/14/25 vs Opp	1
03/06/25 vs Pace	1

On the hitting side, Faith Academy let Bryce Turner and Cooper Smith run wild. Turner scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Smith scored a run while going 2-for-3. Those two hits gave Turner a new career-high.

Faith Academy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.2 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.2.

Faith Academy's win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for St. Paul's Episcopal, they moved to 11-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.