Baseball Preview: Burlington Christian Academy Royals vs. Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion
Burlington Christian Academy and Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Burlington Christian Academy Royals will head out on the road to square off against the Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Burlington Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.3 runs per game this season.
Burlington Christian Academy is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering The Burlington School just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Monday. They lost 10-4 to the Spartans.
Burlington Christian Academy saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mark Primm, who went 1-for-4 with a home run. Primm has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Another player making a difference was Cohen Payne, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the Tigers 7-6.
Ryland Burgin made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off two hits. Burgin was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Daniel Stepp and Dalton Burgin did most of the damage at the plate: Stepp went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI, while Burgin scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Burlington Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 15-4-1. As for Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill, their win bumped their record up to 7-11-1.
Everything went Burlington Christian Academy's way against Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill when the teams last played back in March as Burlington Christian Academy made off with a 16-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Burlington Christian Academy since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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