Baseball Game Preview: Community Christian Cyclones vs. Beddingfield Bruins

The Community Christian Cyclones will venture away from home to face off against the Beddingfield Bruins at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Community Christian will be strutting in after a win while Beddingfield will be coming in after a defeat.

Community Christian will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run last Monday, then bounced right back against Gramercy Christian last Tuesday. The Cyclones never let the Warriors get on the board and left with a 13-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Cyclones, who have now won six contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Tyler Spivey

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/15/25 @ Gramercy Christian	11
04/26/24 @ Ahoskie Christian	8
05/03/24 @ New Bern Christian Academy	7
04/19/24 vs Victory Christian	7
04/01/25 vs Wayne Preparatory Academy	6

Tyler Spivey was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Those 11 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Community Christian's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-2 (and 3-4 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Jack Beamon was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. He has become a key player for Community Christian: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-6 otherwise. Luke Holloman also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Meanwhile, Beddingfield came up short against North East Carolina Prep on Wednesday, falling 8-1. The Bruins have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Community Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Beddingfield, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.

Community Christian beat Beddingfield 14-11 in their previous matchup on April 4th. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cyclones since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.