The Central Christian Comets will square off against the Medina Christian Academy Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Central Christian came up short against Lucas and fell 7-2.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Medina Christian Academy). Their pitcher stepped up to hand St. Martin de Porres a 21-0 shutout on Tuesday. With that win, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 7.6 runs per game.
D.J. Reidl made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
In other batting news, Landon Moyers was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. Those RBI marked the first that he has brought in this season. Another player making a difference was Adam Collier, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs and three RBI.
Medina Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .474. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .323 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Central Christian's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-5. As for Medina Christian Academy, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-3.
Everything went Central Christian's way against Medina Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Central Christian made off with a 10-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Comets since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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