Baseball Game Preview: Providence Christian Academy LIONS vs. Bradley Central Bears

The Providence Christian Academy LIONS will venture away from home to take on the Bradley Central Bears at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Providence Christian Academy has three straight wins, Bradley Central has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Providence Christian Academy's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Sullivan East as Providence Christian Academy made off with a 10-0 victory. That looming 10-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the LIONS yet this season.

Meanwhile, Bradley Central didn't have quite enough to beat Cleveland on Tuesday and fell 5-3.

Bradley Central got a good showing from Tucker Allen, who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave Allen a new career-high in strikeouts (three).

On the hitting side, Jackson Humble was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

Bradley Central's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Providence Christian Academy, the win got them back to even at 3-3.