Baseball Game Recap: Victory Road Christian Academy Takes a Loss

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 6:41pm

Baseball Recap: Victory Road Christian Academy Minutemen vs. Christian Fellowship

If Victory Road Christian Academy was riding high off their 19-6 takedown of Aurora Christian Academy last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Victory Road Christian Academy Minutemen lost 16-1 to Christian Fellowship on Thursday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Victory Road Christian Academy has scored all season.

For Christian Fellowship's part, Brett Conklin was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Conklin was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.

In other batting news, Christian Fellowship let Keaton Kiffe and Evan Welker loose on the outfield. Kiffe scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-2, while Welker scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Kiffe has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Papineau, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.

Victory Road Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Christian Fellowship, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-1.

Victory Road Christian Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Christian Fellowship, they are on the road again on Friday to play Westwood Baptist Academy at 3:00 p.m. Christian Fellowship is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.

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