Baseball Game Preview: Cascade Christian Cougars vs. Bellevue Christian Vikings

Cascade Christian is 2-8 against Bellevue Christian since May of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Vikings at 6:30 p.m. Cascade Christian will be strutting in after a victory while Bellevue Christian will be coming in after a defeat.

Cascade Christian will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Vashon Island, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Cougars' pitchers stepped up to hand the Pirates a 2-0 shutout on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.

Brycen Larsen

Hits (Career)

05/01/25 vs Vashon Island	2
04/25/25 vs Seattle Christian	1
04/11/25 vs Chimacum	1
03/15/25 @ King's	1

Cascade Christian's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brycen Larsen, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Those two hits gave Larsen a new career-high.

Meanwhile, Bellevue Christian fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Montesano on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 7-6.

Bellevue Christian also got a good showing from Brayden Rockey, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Rockey has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Noah Chong and Luke Evenson stepped up to the plate in a big way. Chong went 2-for-3 with two runs and one double, while Evenson got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one run and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Hill, who went 1-for-5 with three runs.

Bellevue Christian's loss dropped their record down to 14-4. As for Cascade Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 4-9.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cascade Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Bellevue Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.

Cascade Christian couldn't quite get it done against Bellevue Christian when the teams last played back in April as they fell 5-0. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.