Baseball Preview: Coastal Christian Centurions vs. Greenfield Knights
The Coastal Christian Centurions will head out on the road to take on the Greenfield Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Coastal Christian's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against John Paul II Catholic on Thursday. Their tough 8-0 defeat to the Saints might stick with them for a while. Coastal Christian has not had much luck with John Paul II Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Coastal Christian saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Harrison, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Arendell Parrott Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Greenfield proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a run and slipped past the Patriots 7-6. The win was nothing new for Greenfield as they're now sitting on three straight.
Tristan Stancil made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off three hits. Stancil was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Quintin Blake was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Coastal Christian's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Greenfield, they pushed their record up to 11-4 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Coastal Christian has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.6 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Greenfield struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.8. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Coastal Christian might still be hurting after the 9-0 defeat they got from Greenfield when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Greenfield's Christopher Tankersley, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Coastal Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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