Baseball Recap: Hill Country Christian School of Austin Knights vs. Veritas Academy
Hill Country Christian School of Austin waltzed into their matchup on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Veritas Academy a 10-0 shutout. With that victory, Hill Country Christian School of Austin brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Ty Curry was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Curry was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, Gabe Blaut and Ashton Berzins did most of the damage at the plate: Blaut scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while Berzins scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Nick Cheij was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Veritas Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Hill Country Christian School of Austin has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-10-1 record this season. As for Veritas Academy, they dropped their record down to 4-13 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Hill Country Christian School of Austin by a score of 7-6 later that day.
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