Hebron Christian is 2-8 against Prince Avenue Christian since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hebron Christian Lions will host the Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hebron Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past East Jackson 17-1 on Wednesday. With that win, the Lions brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Kate Kennedy made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, she also racked up no strikeouts, the fewestshe's had since back in August. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in OBP.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Juls Huber, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ainsley Trenbeath, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hebron Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .586. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Meanwhile, Prince Avenue Christian waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Indians a 7-0 shutout.
Hebron Christian's victory bumped their record up to 21-4. As for Prince Avenue Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
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