After flying high against Trinity Christian Homeschool last Tuesday, Southern Christian came back down to earth. The Southern Christian Patriots wound up on the wrong side of a rough 13-1 walloping at the hands of the Evangel Christian Lightning on Friday. Southern Christian has not had much luck with Evangel Christian recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Southern Christian saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Bailey, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI. Bailey has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On Evangel Christian's side, they let ZAC GROSSMANN and WHIT BOURNE loose on the outfield. GROSSMANN went 3-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and an RBI, while BOURNE went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of TREY HOPE, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Southern Christian's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Evangel Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Southern Christian will head out on the road to challenge Chambers Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Evangel Christian, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Coosa Valley Academy at 5:00 p.m. Both teams will come into the match having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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