Baseball Game Preview: Country Christian Cougars vs. Western Christian Pioneers

For the second straight game, Country Christian will face off against Western Christian. The Cougars will challenge the Pioneers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Country Christian has eight straight wins, Western Christian has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Country Christian's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Western Christian 17-0. With that victory, the Cougars brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.

Jesse Hernandez

Runs

05/07/25 vs Western Christian	2
05/05/25 @ Western Christian	1
05/02/25 @ St. Paul	1
04/30/25 vs St. Paul	1
04/25/25 vs Colton	1
+ 3 more games

Jesse Hernandez was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted over his last eight games. Ethan Hiebenthal was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs.

Country Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .516. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Country Christian's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-7. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Western Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 1-16.