Baseball Game Preview: Indian Rocks Christian Eagles vs. Saint Stephen's Episcopal Falcons

The Indian Rocks Christian Eagles will face off against the Saint Stephen's Episcopal Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Indian Rocks Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

Indian Rocks Christian's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Lakeside Christian as they made off with a 10-0 win. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Quinn Taylor

Runs

04/10/25 vs Lakeside Christian	3
04/07/25 @ Pinellas Park	3
03/10/25 @ Atlantic Christian	3
03/25/25 vs Keswick Christian	2
03/13/25 @ Admiral Farragut	2
+ 6 more games

Indian Rocks Christian got a massive performance out of Quinn Taylor, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Taylor is becoming a predictor of the Eagles' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 7-0-1 (and 7-10 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Ryan, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two RBI.

Indian Rocks Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.

Meanwhile, Saint Stephen's Episcopal fell victim to Keswick Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Crusaders. The Falcons just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.

Indian Rocks Christian's win bumped their record up to 14-10-1. As for Saint Stephen's Episcopal, they now have a losing record of 6-7.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Indian Rocks Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Saint Stephen's Episcopal struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.