Evangel Christian is 10-0 against Tuscaloosa Home Educators since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Evangel Christian Lightning have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Tuscaloosa Home Educators Warriors at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in Evangel Christian's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matchups.
Evangel Christian can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Saturday. They blew past Southern Christian 15-4.
Evangel Christian got a massive performance out of GRADY WATKINS, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. WATKINS is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was WILL WELCH, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, sadly, Tuscaloosa Home Educators is still looking for their first win of the season after seven games. They fell just short of Wiregrass by a score of 9-8 on Saturday.
Eli Morrison stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Hartley, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Evangel Christian's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-2. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.9 runs per game. As for Tuscaloosa Home Educators, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Evangel Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Tuscaloosa Home Educators struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7 strikeouts per game. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Evangel Christian's way against Tuscaloosa Home Educators in their previous meeting back in February as Evangel Christian made off with a 15-4 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tuscaloosa Home Educators' Saul Watson, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Evangel Christian still be able to contain Watson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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