The Grace Christian Patriots will challenge the Real Life Christian Academy Raptors at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Grace Christian is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Friday. Everything went their way against Hernando Christian Academy as Grace Christian made off with a 19-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Patriots, who have now won eight games in a row dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last matchup, Real Life Christian Academy made sure to put some runs up on the board against Meadowbrook Academy on Friday. Real Life Christian Academy blew past Meadowbrook Academy 22-3. With that win, the Raptors brought their scoring average up to 7.2 runs per game.
Daniella Delgadillo made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Delgadillo was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Charlee Griner was a standout: she scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Those runs marked the first that she's scored this season. Another player making a difference was Neva Hill, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
Real Life Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .476. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Everything went Grace Christian's way against Real Life Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Grace Christian made off with an 18-2 victory. Will Grace Christian repeat their success, or does Real Life Christian Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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