Baseball Preview: White Station Spartans vs. Evangelical Christian Eagles
The White Station Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Evangelical Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. White Station will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
White Station is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Memphis Central onto the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Tuesday. With that win, White Station brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Benjamin Mendez was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Mendez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Mendez was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Noah Johnson, who went 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Torrin Thornton, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Christian came up short against Lausanne Collegiate on Tuesday and fell 5-2.
Bennett Edwards was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Evangelical Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Henry Crosby, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
White Station's victory bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Evangelical Christian, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
White Station suffered a grim 17-5 defeat to Evangelical Christian in their previous meeting back in May of 2022. Can White Station avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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