Pinewood Christian put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against the First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders as the Pinewood Christian Patriots made off with a 13-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Pinewood Christian who now have four in a row.
Even though they lost, First Preparatory Christian Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 17 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Pinewood Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for First Preparatory Christian Academy, they dropped their record down to 5-16-1 with that loss, which was their sixth straight at home.
Pinewood Christian will head out on the road to take on Gatewood at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Pinewood Christian: 2.3, Gatewood: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for First Preparatory Christian Academy, they have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Memorial Day at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Memorial Day is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
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