Baseball Recap: Countryside Christian's Win on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Minutemen

Previous Games

03/14/25 @ Ocala Christian	21-1
03/11/25 @ Eastside	18-10
03/10/25 vs Jefferson County	18-3
03/06/25 @ Meadowbrook Academy	18-9
03/04/25 vs Eastside	3-2
+ 3 more games

Countryside Christian entered their tilt with Ocala Christian on Friday with seven consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with eight. Everything went their way against the Ocala Christian Crusaders as they made off with a 21-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Minutemen, who have now won six matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Clay Dees and Eli Gruenwald made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Dees tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Gruenwald tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, Dees posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024. At the plate, Dees scored four runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Gruenwald scored four runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. With that strong performance, Gruenwald is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game.

In other batting news, Countryside Christian let Brayden Dalton and Erik Orozco run wild. Dalton scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Orozco scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Orozco a new career-high in RBI (three). Emory Alford was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Countryside Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .371 or higher in four consecutive games.

Countryside Christian pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.8 runs over those games. As for Ocala Christian, they are on an 11-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-10.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Countryside Christian will host Oak Hall at 4:00 p.m. on March 24th. Oak Hall is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season. Ocala Christian will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Fort White at 6:00 p.m. on March 24th. Fort White also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 6.5 runs per game.