The Churchill Chargers will be taking part in a tournament against the Allen Park Jaguars at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Churchill 3.5, Allen Park 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Churchill's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 17-0 margin over Dearborn. The Chargers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matches by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Allen Park had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They walked away with a 9-6 win over the Black Hawks.
Allen Park let Lestat Guthrie and Kiley Carr run wild. Guthrie went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Carr went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those four RBI gave Guthrie a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Mya Brandenburg, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Churchill is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Allen Park, their record is now 23-6.
Churchill suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Allen Park in their previous meeting back in June of 2021. Can the Chargers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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