On Saturday, the Friendship Christian Commanders narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the First Assembly Christian Crusaders 7-6.
Friendship Christian got a great performance from Ayden Moore as he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mason Hallum, who got on base in all seven of his plate appearances with a double.
On First Assembly Christian's side, Kayden Hartunian was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Hartunian has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Hartunian was also big at the plate, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Josh Wright made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-6.
Friendship Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-12-1 record this season. As for First Assembly Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-16.
As of now, neither Friendship Christian nor First Assembly Christian have any future games scheduled.
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