Baseball Recap: Evangelical Christian Has No Trouble Against Fayette Academy

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

03/31/25 @ Harding Academy	17
04/01/25 vs Harding Academy	15
03/18/25 vs Scotts Hill	12
04/10/25 @ Fayette Academy	11
03/06/25 vs St. Benedict at Auburndale	10

Evangelical Christian won the last time they faced Fayette Academy and things went their way on Thursday too. The Eagles were the clear victors by a 15-4 margin over the Vikings. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by seven runs or more this season.

Evangelical Christian got a massive performance out of Henry Crosby, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Crosby a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Caiden Caldera, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Evangelical Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fayette Academy only posted an OBP of .211.

Evangelical Christian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Fayette Academy, they dropped their record down to 8-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Evangelical Christian will venture away from home to face off against Gibson County at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Fayette Academy, they will head out to take on Jackson Christian at 6:35 p.m. on Monday.