Baseball Preview: Redding Christian Lions vs. Biggs Wolverines
The Redding Christian Lions will take on the Biggs Wolverines on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Redding Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Plumas Charter 12-1. Redding Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 matches by six runs or more this season.
Brodie Ogden made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Ogden was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Wyatt Shaw and Conner Moore did most of the damage at the plate: Shaw scored two runs while going 4-for-4, while Moore scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Max Beasley, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Biggs has not done well against Chester recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Biggs came out on top against Chester by a score of 9-4.
Redding Christian pushed their record up to 16-3-1 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Biggs, their victory bumped their record up to 20-5-1.
Redding Christian couldn't quite finish off Biggs in their previous meeting back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Biggs' Zach Smith, who struck out 12 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Now that Redding Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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