The Greenbrier Christian Academy Gators will take on the StoneBridge Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Greenbrier Christian Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so StoneBridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Greenbrier Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Atlantic Shores Christian, who was ranked 24th at the time (Greenbrier Christian Academy was ranked seventh). The Gators fell just short of the Seahawks by a score of 9-8 on Tuesday. The Gators have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hayden Dunlow was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest he's had since back in March.
On the hitting side, Thomas Conrad made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one home run and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Blake Thomas, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs.
StoneBridge let Broadwater Academy stack five runs on them in the second inning on Tuesday but luckily StoneBridge prevailed anyway. The Cavaliers walked away with a 9-6 win over the Vikings. The victory continues a trend for the Cavaliers in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now won three in a row.
Tyler Thompson and Bryce Walton did most of the damage at the plate: Thompson went 1-for-2 with one home run, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Walton went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. That stolen base marked the first that Thompson has snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Walton, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
StoneBridge's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Greenbrier Christian Academy, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 19-3.
Greenbrier Christian Academy took their victory against StoneBridge in their previous meeting on April 8th by a conclusive 11-0 score. Will the Gators repeat their success, or do the Cavaliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
