Baseball Preview: Coastal Academy Stingrays vs. Foothills Christian Knights
The Coastal Academy Stingrays will be playing at home against the Foothills Christian Knights at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Coastal Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, Coastal Academy beat Army-Navy 6-2.
Diego Collazo Bauzo was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Ethan De La Cruz was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Foothills Christian's last matchup with Escondido Charter could've gone either way, but unfortunately the same can't be said for the pair's the pair on Thursday. Foothills Christian's rough 12-4 defeat to Escondido Charter might stick with them for a while. Foothills Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jack Morgan made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Coastal Academy's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-6. As for Foothills Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.
Foothills Christian's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Coastal Academy hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .350. It's a different story for Foothills Christian, though, as they've only averaged .237. Will they be able to contain Coastal Academy's hitters?
Coastal Academy came up short against Foothills Christian in their previous matchup last Saturday, falling 7-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Foothills Christian's Andrew Burke, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Now that Coastal Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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