Grace Christian Academy is 0-10 against Gardner-South Wilmington since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Grace Christian Academy Crusaders will square off against the Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers at 4:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Grace Christian Academy came up short against St. Anne and fell 12-7.
Angelina Larsen made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5. Natalie Dalton was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.
Even though they lost, Grace Christian Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Anne only tossed five.
Meanwhile, Gardner-South Wilmington entered their tilt with Momence with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Momence Athletics 4-3.
Grace Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Gardner-South Wilmington, they pushed their record up to 14-11 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Grace Christian Academy might still be hurting after the 17-0 loss they got from Gardner-South Wilmington in their previous matchup last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gardner-South Wilmington's Jo Male, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Grace Christian Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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