Baseball Preview: Harvest Christian Academy Lions vs. Byron Tigers
The Harvest Christian Academy Lions are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Byron Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Harvest Christian Academy is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Alden-Hebron on Tuesday as Harvest Christian Academy made off with a 29-4 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Tommy Neubert and Ben Mitchell were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Neubert struck out six batters over two innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits (and not a single walk). Meanwhile, Mitchell struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned run or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Neubert scored three runs while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances, while Mitchell went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a triple.
In other batting news, Kyle Ziebell was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Hayden Mosley was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with four RBI, two runs, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Byron had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Cogs with a sharp 18-6 win.
Harvest Christian Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Byron, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3-1.
Harvest Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Byron in their previous matchup back in May of 2016, sneaking past 6-5. Will Harvest Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Byron have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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