Baseball Preview: Chester Volcanoes vs. Redding Christian Lions
The Chester Volcanoes will be playing in front of their home fans against the Redding Christian Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Chester will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Chester will head into Tuesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 12) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Quincy out 7-5.
Jacob Dowling spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jax Holland and Caiden Clark did most of the damage at the plate: Holland went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI, while Clark scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Klimek, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, Redding Christian's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Quincy by a score of 7-6.
Chester has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Redding Christian, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-3-1.
Chester suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Redding Christian in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Redding Christian's Brodie Ogden, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Chester knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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