Baseball Preview: Redding Christian Lions vs. Quincy Trojans
The Redding Christian Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Quincy Trojans at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Redding Christian is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.
Redding Christian stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Burney as Redding Christian made off with a 17-1 victory.
Redding Christian got a massive performance out of Brodie Ogden, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Beasley, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Quincy had to settle for a 7-5 defeat against Chester on Tuesday. Quincy has not had much luck with Chester recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Quincy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Castillo, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Anthony Warendorf, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Redding Christian pushed their record up to 13-2-1 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Quincy, their loss dropped their record down to 10-14.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Redding Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Quincy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Redding Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against Quincy when the teams last played last Tuesday, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Quincy's Lancen Walke, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Redding Christian still be able to contain Walke? There's only one way to find out.
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