Baseball Recap: Northwest Christian Drops Season-High Score on San Tan Foothills

Crusaders

Team Score (Highest)

04/28/25 vs San Tan Foothills	27
04/25/25 @ Odyssey Institute	18
04/18/25 vs Payson	14
04/05/25 vs Estrella Foothills	13
03/25/25 @ Bourgade Catholic	12

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest Christian). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the San Tan Foothills Sabercats a 27-0 shutout on Monday. The win was familiar territory for the Crusaders, who have now won five matchups in a row.

Northwest Christian's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for San Tan Foothills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games. That lines up perfectly with their 6-18 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Northwest Christian beat San Tan Foothills by a score of 18-1 later that day.