Baseball Preview: Coosa Christian Conquerors vs. Gaylesville Trojans
Coosa Christian is 8-1 against Gaylesville since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Coosa Christian Conquerors will head out on the road to square off against the Gaylesville Trojans at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coosa Christian has three straight wins, Gaylesville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Coosa Christian has not struggled against Spring Garden recently, they managed to flip the script on Thursday. Coosa Christian narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Spring Garden 6-5.
Bryan Johnson and Jd Justus did most of the damage at the plate: Johnson scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Justus went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Gaylesville came up short against Cedar Bluff on Thursday and fell 7-2.
Kyler Bradley put in work no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks). Bradley has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Bradley was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
Bradley wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Allmond, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Bryson Thompson, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Coosa Christian's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-16. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs per game. As for Gaylesville, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-9-1.
Everything went Coosa Christian's way against Gaylesville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Coosa Christian made off with a 9-0 victory. Does Coosa Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gaylesville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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