The Epiphany Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Coastal Christian Centurions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Epiphany is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Epiphany is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Gramercy Christian on Friday as Epiphany made off with a 10-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Epiphany considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Luis McElearney was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over six innings pitched. McElearney was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bryan Humphrey, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Paxton Phelps, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Coastal Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. Their tough 16-2 defeat to Greenfield might stick with them for a while.
Coastal Christian saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dominic Libretto, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Libretto has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Epiphany's win bumped their record up to 2-6. As for Coastal Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Epiphany has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Coastal Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Epiphany couldn't quite finish off Coastal Christian in their previous meeting back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Coastal Christian's Noah Swanson, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Epiphany 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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