Baseball Preview: Evangel Christian Academy Eagles vs. Eads Eagles
The Evangel Christian Academy Eagles will be playing at home against the Eads Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Evangel Christian Academy is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Simla just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. Their tough 11-1 defeat to the Cubs might stick with them for a while. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Evangel Christian Academy in their matchups with Simla: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Eads gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They blew past La Veta 11-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Eads considering their one-run performance the game before.
Case Nelson and Porter Spady were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Nelson pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Spady pitched two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Nelson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Nelson went 2-for-3 with an RBI, while Spady went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Eads got a massive performance out of Brentley Lening, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Stockton Mitchek, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Evangel Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Eads, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Everything went Evangel Christian Academy's way against Eads when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as Evangel Christian Academy made off with a 13-2 victory. Does Evangel Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eads turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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