Baseball Recap: Centennial Bulldogs vs. Faith Lutheran Crusaders
On Wednesday, Centennial faced Faith Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Centennial Bulldogs lost 8-1 to the Faith Lutheran Crusaders. Centennial was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Faith Lutheran apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played last Monday.
Centennial saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was E Santos, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On Faith Lutheran's side, they got a great performance from Ace Hansen as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Hansen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nathan Keyes, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Benjamin Lovering, who went 2-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 20-12. As for Faith Lutheran, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7-1 record this season.
Centennial does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Faith Lutheran, they will be playing at home against Bonanza at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Faith Lutheran's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Bonanza's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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