The Lansing Christian Pilgrims will challenge the Fulton Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lansing Christian is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Lansing Christian will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth back in May after soaring to a ten-run game in their last game. They fell just short of Bath by a score of 6-4.
Meanwhile, Fulton extended their postseason success on Friday against St. Patrick. They won by a run and slipped past the Shamrocks 3-2.
Parker Billings made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Billings has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Billings was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double.
Billings wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Bryson Sattler, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Jared Akin was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Lansing Christian's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Fulton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-13-2 record this season.
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