Baseball Game Preview: Abundant Life Christian Academy Lions vs. Creekside Christian Academy Cougars

The Abundant Life Christian Academy Lions will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Creekside Christian Academy Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Abundant Life Christian Academy is coming home looking for redemption after taking a loss in their road opener. They came up short against New Creation Christian Academy on Thursday, falling 12-1.

Meanwhile, everything went Creekside Christian Academy's way against Central Georgia Arts on Tuesday as Creekside Christian Academy made off with a 9-3 win.

Justus Smith and Brady Mccadden made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Smith pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Mccadden pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave Smith a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At bat, Smith scored two runs and stole one base while going 2-for-2, while Mccadden scored a run and stole one base while going 2-for-3. What's more, Smith also posted a 3.500 ERA, which is the lowest he's posted since back in April of 2024.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nehemiah Lymon, who scored two runs and stole one base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Cal Kennedy, who scored a run and stole one base while going 1-for-2.