Baseball Preview: Mekeel Christian Academy Lions vs. Warrensburg Burgers
The Mekeel Christian Academy Lions will head out on the road to take on the Warrensburg Burgers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mekeel Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against North Warren Central as Mekeel Christian Academy made off with a 7-1 victory. The win was some much needed relief for Mekeel Christian Academy as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.
Caleb Hussey and Napoleon Read made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Hussey didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Read pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hussey has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Hussey scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Read scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mekeel Christian Academy let Daniel Hussey and Jeramiah Rodriguez loose on the outfield. Hussey scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Rodriguez scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Warrensburg ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Germantown 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Warrensburg.
Like Mekeel Christian Academy, Warrensburg also got a great game from a two-way player: Brady Cheney. He struck out nine batters over eight innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Cheney was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Cheney wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Owen Jones, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Louis Lang, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Mekeel Christian Academy's record now sits at 6-10. As for Warrensburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Mekeel Christian Academy beat Warrensburg 9-5 when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Will Mekeel Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Warrensburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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