First Baptist Academy is 1-9 against Evangelical Christian since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The First Baptist Academy Lions are on the road again to play the Evangelical Christian Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, First Baptist Academy came up short against Palmetto Ridge and fell 6-1.
First Baptist Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Wells, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Island Coast by a score of 5-4.
Evangelical Christian also got a good showing from Logan Weber, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Slater Smith was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with four RBI and a double.
First Baptist Academy's record is now 9-13. As for Evangelical Christian, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-8.
First Baptist Academy might still be hurting after the 14-4 defeat they got from Evangelical Christian when the teams last played on April 11th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Evangelical Christian's Kyle Klaric-Schell, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and only one walk). Now that First Baptist Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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