Baseball Recap: Christian Home Educators Fellowship Continues Home Dominance on Tuesday

Patriots

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 vs First Baptist Christian	21
02/28/25 vs Psalms Christian Academy	16
02/25/25 vs Christian Academy of Louisiana	16
03/01/25 vs Acadiana Christian	10

There's no place like home for Christian Home Educators Fellowship, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the First Baptist Christian Eagles a 21-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by ten runs or more this season.

Caleb Whitehead was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time he hasn't allowed a single hit since back in February of 2024. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That triple was his first of the season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Matthew Steele, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, five RBI, and three runs. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Luke Babin, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.

Christian Home Educators Fellowship always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .690. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Christian Home Educators Fellowship pushed their record up to 5-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only 4.6 in the others. As for First Baptist Christian, they are on a 13-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Coming up, Christian Home Educators Fellowship will head out to take on Good Samaritan HomeSchool at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for First Baptist Christian, they will welcome John Paul the Great Academy at 6:00 p.m. on March 18th. First Baptist Christian has given up an average of 18.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.