With a playoff game on the line, Indian Rocks Christian rose to the challenge on Monday. They put the hurt on the Lakeside Christian Lions with a sharp 10-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for Indian Rocks Christian, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Mason Stout looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Indian Rocks Christian got a big performance out of Hunter Maddox, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Cooper Ryan was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
On Lakeside Christian's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dominic Ludovici, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Indian Rocks Christian has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-16 record this season. As for Lakeside Christian, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 9-11-1.
Indian Rocks Christian will challenge Northside Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northside Christian's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Indian Rocks Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Lakeside Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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