Baseball Game Preview: Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion vs. Trinity Academy Tigers

The Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill Lion will venture away from home to square off against the Trinity Academy Tigers at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Thursday just wasn't the day for Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill's offense. They lost 18-0 to Greensboro Day School on Thursday. The Lion have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill got a good showing from Elliott Norris, who pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave Norris a new career-low.

Meanwhile, Trinity Academy hadn't done well against GRACE Christian recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Thursday. The Tigers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Eagles a 2-0 shutout. The victory was some much needed relief for the Tigers as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.

Not much got past Jacob Bondy, who gave up just four hits to keep GRACE Christian off the board.

Trinity Academy's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-7 and their overall record up to 3-8. As for Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.

Trinity Academy's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .434. It's a different story for Trinity Academy, though, as they've only averaged .283. Will they be able to contain Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill's hitters?

Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill came up short against Trinity Academy in their previous matchup back in April, falling 10-6. Can the Lion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.