Nazarene Christian Academy is 6-1 against Mercy Culture Prep since March of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Nazarene Christian Academy Lions will be playing at home against the Mercy Culture Prep Royals at 2:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nazarene Christian Academy has five straight wins, Mercy Culture Prep has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mercy Culture Prep's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Nazarene Christian Academy hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Nazarene Christian Academy never let Mercy Culture Prep get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday. While the Lions didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Jacob Struble
| 03/11/25 @ Mercy Culture Prep | 11 |
| 04/18/24 @ Harvest Christian Academy | 5 |
| 02/28/25 vs Fellowship Academy | 4 |
| 03/25/24 @ Mercy Culture Prep | 3 |
| 03/28/24 @ Christian Life Preparatory | 2 |
Jacob Struble made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Struble wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brenner Russell, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double. Another was Aidan Adams, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Nazarene Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Mercy Culture Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9-1.
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