The Acadiana Christian Lions will head out on the road to challenge the NELA Christian Homeschool Flame at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Acadiana Christian comes in on five and NELA Christian Homeschool on six.
Acadiana Christian can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They blew past John Paul the Great Academy 17-9.
Masan Nguyen was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Nguyen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Nguyen was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing five bases while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Neal Osburn was a standout: he went 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Mason Broome was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-5.
NELA Christian Homeschool has not done well against Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way two weeks ago. NELA Christian Homeschool skirted past Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool 8-7. Despite the win, that was the fewest points NELA Christian Homeschool has scored all season.
Acadiana Christian's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for NELA Christian Homeschool, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Acadiana Christian suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to NELA Christian Homeschool in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of NELA Christian Homeschool's Jayce Lee, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Acadiana 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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