Ensworth dropped their record down to 11-16 on Thursday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins on the road. They fell just short of the Chattanooga Christian Chargers by a score of 3-2. The Tigers were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Chargers earlier this season, when they won 5-1.
As for Chattanooga Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-15 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games.
For Chattanooga Christian's part, they got a great performance from Aidan Swinney as he struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits (and only one walk). Those six strikeouts gave Swinney a new career-high.
At the plate, Chattanooga Christian saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keegan Nieckula, who went 1-for-5 with one run and one double.
While Ensworth had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled on Friday.
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