Baseball Recap: Citizens Christian Academy snaps five-game streak of wins on the road

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 12:53pm

Baseball Recap: Citizens Christian Academy Patriots vs. Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Citizens Christian Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors by a score of 9-8 on Friday. Citizens Christian Academy was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Southwest Georgia Academy apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played two weeks ago.

Taeven Harden and Thomas Gentry did some serious damage despite the final result: Harden got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI, while Gentry scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Gray McLean, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Citizens Christian Academy's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-10. As for Southwest Georgia Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6-1 record this season.

While Citizens Christian Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.

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