Baseball Game Preview: Evangelical Christian Eagles vs. Scotts Hill Lions

The Evangelical Christian Eagles will challenge the Scotts Hill Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Evangelical Christian is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Corinth just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.

Evangelical Christian got a good showing from Caleb Naffziger, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

Knox Aaron

Stolen Base (Career)

03/12/25 vs Corinth	2
03/10/25 vs South Pontotoc	1
04/25/24 @ Briarcrest Christian	1
03/21/24 vs Jackson Christian	1

At the plate, Knox Aaron made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases.

Meanwhile, Scotts Hill is still winless after their game against Fayette Academy on Monday, but the team can take solace in the fact it was the closest they've come to winning. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 5-3 heartbreaker at the hands of the Vikings.

Cy Maness and Mason Beers stepped up to the plate in a big way. Maness went 1-for-3 with one home run, while Beers scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. That home run marked the first that Maness launched this season.

Evangelical Christian's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Scotts Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7-1.