Baseball Preview: Calvary Baptist Cougars vs. Crossroads Christian Warriors
The Calvary Baptist Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Crossroads Christian Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Calvary Baptist stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Bethel Christian 14-2. Winning may never get old, but Calvary Baptist sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Zaedik Mcphail and Devin Debuono were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, Mcphail struck out 13 batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Debuono tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Mcphail has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Mcphail scored three runs and stole four bases while going 4-for-5, while Debuono went 2-for-5 with three stolen bases, two runs, and a triple.
In other batting news, Calvary Baptist got a massive performance out of Jackson Kelly, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Rabins, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-3.
Crossroads Christian never got on the board in their matchup on Monday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Bethel Christian last Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Kings as they made off with a 30-20 win. Crossroads Christian's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Calvary Baptist has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. As for Crossroads Christian, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Calvary Baptist was able to grind out a solid win over Crossroads Christian in their previous matchup back in March, winning 18-13. Does Calvary Baptist have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crossroads Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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