The Community Christian Cyclones will head out on the road to challenge the New Life Christian Academy Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
New Life Christian Academy is hoping to do on Tuesday what Gramercy Christian couldn't on Monday: put an end to Community Christian's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Community Christian put the hurt on Gramercy Christian with a sharp 11-3 victory.
Tanner Pierce was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Pierce was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jack Beamon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, New Life Christian Academy got themselves on the board against Scotland Christian Academy on Monday, but Scotland Christian Academy never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Saints as they made off with a 7-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Life Christian Academy.
Joshua Valencia was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Parker, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Community Christian pushed their record up to 7-5 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for New Life Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Community Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like New Life Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Community Christian suffered a grim 19-9 defeat to New Life Christian Academy when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of New Life Christian Academy's Clayton Hedgepeth, who scored five runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Now that Community Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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