Baseball Recap: Evangelical Christian Wins Going Away Against Scotts Hill

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

03/18/25 vs Scotts Hill	12-0
03/12/25 vs Corinth	3-7
03/12/25 vs Pine Grove	11-8
03/10/25 vs McNairy Central	5-2
03/10/25 vs South Pontotoc	9-8

Evangelical Christian got themselves on the board against Scotts Hill on Tuesday, but Scotts Hill never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Scotts Hill Lions as they made off with a 12-0 victory. With that win, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.

Caiden Caldera made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. What's more, he posted two hits, the most he's had since back in April of 2024.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Banks Addison, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Jack Gates was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

Evangelical Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Scotts Hill only posted a batting average of .167.

Evangelical Christian is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Scotts Hill is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-8-1.

Looking ahead, Evangelical Christian will take on Covington at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Scotts Hill, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 9-8 loss against Tipton-Rosemark Academy on the 18th.