Baseball Recap: Victory Christian Academy Eagles vs. Southern Prep Academy Fighting Rangers
Victory Christian Academy put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their undefeated season alive. They blew past the Southern Prep Academy Fighting Rangers 14-4. The result was nothing new for Victory Christian Academy, who have now won three games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Victory Christian Academy let Carter Chatman and Aiden Hayes loose on the outfield. Chatman scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4, while Hayes scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Chatman is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Colton Sealy was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
On Southern Prep Academy's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was David Demaio, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Southern Prep Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 13 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Victory Christian Academy pushed their record up to 5-0-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Southern Prep Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-18.
Victory Christian Academy will head out on the road to challenge Victory Christian at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Victory Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season. As for Southern Prep Academy, they are on the road again on Monday to play Lee-Scott Academy at 6:00 p.m. Lee-Scott Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Southern Prep Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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