Baseball Recap: Evangelical Christian Eagles vs. Harding Academy Lions
Evangelical Christian's game last Tuesday was a tough loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Monday. They blew past the Harding Academy Lions 11-1. That's more bragging rights for Evangelical Christian, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cannon Johnson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits (he also only allowed one walk). Johnson was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Evangelical Christian got a massive performance out of Bryce Terry, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Henry Crosby, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and a triple.
On Harding Academy's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Elkins, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Evangelical Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Harding Academy, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4.
Evangelical Christian will have a chance to go back-to-back against Harding Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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