The Briarcrest Christian Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Arlington Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Briarcrest Christian: 3.5, Arlington: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Briarcrest Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Arlington, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Briarcrest Christian was ranked 14th). Briarcrest Christian fell just short of Arlington by a score of 6-4 on Monday.
Phinn Waters was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Briarcrest Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brennan Bomar, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Landon Rogers was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
Briarcrest Christian's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-8. As for Arlington, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-5.
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