Baseball Preview: Rocket City Rockets vs. Mt. Pleasant Christian Lions
The Rocket City Rockets will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Mt. Pleasant Christian Lions at 12:00 p.m. Rocket City will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Rocket City is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Riverside Christian Academy 21-4. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Braden Powless made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Powless was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gavin Bulmer, who went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Timmy Hays, who scored three runs and stole three bases.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant Christian was able to grind out a solid victory over Marshall Christian Academy on Thursday, taking the game 11-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mt. Pleasant Christian.
Rocket City's win bumped their record up to 17-12. As for Mt. Pleasant Christian, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-7.
Everything went Rocket City's way against Mt. Pleasant Christian when the teams last played on Saturday as Rocket City made off with a 10-0 win. Does Rocket City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mt. Pleasant Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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