Baseball Game Preview: Newark Catholic Green Wave vs. Liberty Christian Academy Eagles

The Newark Catholic Green Wave will take on the Liberty Christian Academy Eagles in a tournament on Thursday. Newark Catholic is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games.

If Newark Catholic beats Liberty Christian Academy with ten runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Green Wave came out on top against Cardington-Lincoln by a score of 10-5 on Monday.

Meanwhile, while Liberty Christian Academy put up some runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Northside Christian. The Eagles walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Lions. The win continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won five in a row.

Elijah Wickline was excellent, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April. Seth Mollohan also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Newark Catholic pushed their record up to 15-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Liberty Christian Academy, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.