Baseball Game Preview: Parkview Christian Academy Falcons vs. Hiawatha Hawks

The Parkview Christian Academy Falcons are taking a road trip to square off against the Hiawatha Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Parkview Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.

Parkview Christian Academy will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Saturday, then bounced right back against Crossroads Christian on Monday. The Falcons blew past the CRU 13-7. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won four matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Matthew Busch

Earned Runs

03/29/25 - Away

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Matthew Busch was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Parkview Christian Academy is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-3-1 otherwise. Busch was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-5.

In other batting news, Parkview Christian Academy got a massive performance out of Landon Malkowski, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two triples, one run, and one RBI. Those two triples gave Malkowski a new career-high. Another player making a difference was David Fruland, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI.

Meanwhile, Hiawatha came up short against Somonauk on Tuesday, falling 11-2. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Hiawatha saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colby Wylde, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.

Parkview Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Hiawatha, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.