Baseball Recap: Harvest Christian Academy's Win on Tuesday Extends Winning Streak to Six

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Harvest Christian Academy). They blew past the Alden-Hebron Green Giants 16-1 on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Lions with their most commanding win of the season.

Ben Mitchell was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Harvest Christian Academy: the team is undefeated when he posts at least three RBI, but 5-6 otherwise. Eddy Figueroa, Jr also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Lions

Batting Average

04/22/25 vs Alden-Hebron	65.2%
04/21/25 vs Yorkville Christian	33.3%
04/17/25 @ Westminster Christian	32.3%
04/15/25 vs Westminster Christian	37.5%
04/10/25 vs South Beloit	32.1%
+ 20 more games

Harvest Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .652. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

The win was the sixth in a row for Harvest Christian Academy, bringing their record up to 8-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Alden-Hebron, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season.

Harvest Christian Academy is taking a road trip to square off against St. Francis at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Spartans' pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so the Lions' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Alden-Hebron will be paying especially close attention to Harvest Christian Academy's contest: after Harvest Christian Academy faces off against St. Francis, they'll take on Alden-Hebron again at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.