The Raines Vikings have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Old Plank Christian Academy Defenders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Raines' way against Global Outreach Charter Academy as Raines made off with a 15-5 win.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Old Plank Christian Academy gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They blew past Westside 20-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Old Plank Christian Academy.
Kailton Hall was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Hall was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Kaden Treitinger and Kharis Dupree did most of the damage at the plate: Treitinger scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Dupree scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Mark Reid, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Raines' win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Old Plank Christian Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Raines came up short against Old Plank Christian Academy when the teams last played back in February of 2023, falling 15-11. Thankfully for Raines, Chris Pirch (who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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