Baseball Recap: Heritage Christian picks up fifth straight win on the road

By Team Reports Apr 20, 2024, 9:31pm

Baseball Recap: Heritage Christian Angels vs. Cornerstone Christian Eagles

In what's become a running theme this season, Heritage Christian gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They put the hurt on the Cornerstone Christian Eagles with a sharp 8-2 victory.

For Cornerstone Christian's part, Gage Donaldson was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Donaldson was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and a double.

In other batting news, J.R. Monroe was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.

Even though they lost, Cornerstone Christian didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.

Heritage Christian pushed their record up to 6-7 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Cornerstone Christian, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-1.

Heritage Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cornerstone Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Clay County Christian Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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