St. Johns Country Day and North Florida Christian are an even 3-3 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The St. Johns Country Day Spartans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the North Florida Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. St. Johns Country Day will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak alive.
St. Johns Country Day is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against University Christian by a score of 8-3. Eight seems to be a good number for St. Johns Country Day as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Seth Alford made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Alford has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Alford was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Austin Stratman tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Gabriel Gilliand and James Gilson did most of the damage at the plate: Gilliand went 1-for-2 with a home run and two runs, while Gilson scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Kody Daneault was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, North Florida Christian had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Flashes a 2-0 shutout. Give North Florida Christian's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Garrett Workman looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
At the plate, North Florida Christian's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ace Walker, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
St. Johns Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for North Florida Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 19-6-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. St. Johns Country Day hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like North Florida Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
St. Johns Country Day came out on top in a nail-biter against North Florida Christian when the teams last played back in February, sneaking past 4-3. Will St. Johns Country Day repeat their success, or does North Florida Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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