Baseball Preview: Covenant Christian Academy Lions vs. Morgan City Tigers
Covenant Christian Academy is 8-0 against Morgan City since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Covenant Christian Academy Lions will look to defend their home field against the Morgan City Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Covenant Christian Academy's favor as the team sits on seven straight wins at home while Morgan City has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
On Wednesday, Covenant Christian Academy faced Chalmette in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Covenant Christian Academy never let Chalmette onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.
Not much got past Evan Duplantis, who gave up just five hits to keep Chalmette off the board.
At the plate, Covenant Christian Academy's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nate Loupe, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Morgan City fell victim to Assumption and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Mustangs.
Morgan City saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shamus Lacoste, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Covenant Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Morgan City, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.
Everything went Covenant Christian Academy's way against Morgan City when the teams last played two weeks ago as Covenant Christian Academy made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Covenant Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Morgan City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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