Harvest Christian Academy is 6-0 against St. Edward since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Harvest Christian Academy Lions will head out on the road to face off against the St. Edward Green Wave at 6:30 p.m. Harvest Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Harvest Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Westminster Christian onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Harvest Christian Academy.
Kaden Meeker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Meeker has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Meeker was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meeker wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Obed Lopez, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Kyle Ziebell was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Edward entered their tilt with Ida Crown Jewish Academy with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Everything went their way against the Aces on Friday as they made off with a 9-0 win.
The result came thanks to Jack Cozzi's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks.
On the hitting side, Nolan Pomeroy was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Dominic Savini, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Harvest Christian Academy's record now sits at 17-10. As for St. Edward, they pushed their record up to 13-19 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Harvest Christian Academy hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like St. Edward struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Harvest Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Edward in their previous meeting on May 3rd, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was St. Edward's Joseph DuSell, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Harvest Christian Academy still be able to contain DuSell? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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