Baseball Preview: Calvary Christian Warriors vs. Lakewood Spartans
Calvary Christian is 4-0 against Lakewood since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Calvary Christian Warriors will be playing at home against the Lakewood Spartans at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Calvary Christian has seven straight victories, Lakewood has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Calvary Christian gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against Tampa Prep as Calvary Christian made off with a 10-3 victory. Ten seems to be a good number for Calvary Christian as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Aidan Brigato looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Andrew Tess, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Kohler, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lakewood fell victim to a rough 13-3 defeat at the hands of Clearwater on Thursday.
Lakewood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Terrell, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Calvary Christian's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-1. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs per game. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Everything went Calvary Christian's way against Lakewood in their previous matchup back in May of 2022 as Calvary Christian made off with a 10-0 win. Will Calvary Christian repeat their success, or does Lakewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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