Baseball Recap: Christian Fellowship Victorious

While Christian Fellowship's victory against Crosspoint Christian wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Christian Fellowship had just enough and edged out Crosspoint Christian 6-5 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Christian Fellowship has won by just one run.

Brett Conklin

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/15/25 vs Crosspoint Christian	9
04/23/24 vs Central Missouri HomeSchool	7
03/21/25 vs New Franklin	5
05/09/24 vs Victory Road Christian Academy	4
04/30/24 @ Hallsville	3

Wyatt Jennings and Brett Conklin made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Jennings pitched three innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Conklin struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. At the plate, Jennings got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs, while Conklin went 2-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. Jennings has become a key player for Christian Fellowship: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 0-4 otherwise.

In other batting news, Jack Papineau was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024.

The win made it two in a row for Christian Fellowship and bumps their season record up to 3-4. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of one runs across that stretch. As for Crosspoint Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-4.

Christian Fellowship didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 13-3 victory against Higbee on the 17th. As for Crosspoint Christian, they have also already played their next contest, a 20-8 win against Maranatha Baptist Academy on the 17th.