Baseball Preview: Coventry Comets vs. Central Christian Comets
The Coventry Comets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Central Christian Comets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, Coventry narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Waterloo 4-3.
Tristin Philips spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Coventry saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Snyder, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Futrell, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Central Christian beat Malvern 15-10 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Central Christian.
Coventry's win bumped their record up to 9-15. As for Central Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season.
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