The Lafayette Christian Cougars will head out to challenge the Southern Christian Patriots at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It was a proper cat-fight when Lafayette Christian duked it out with Trinity Christian School of Griffin on Tuesday. Lafayette Christian put the hurt on Trinity Christian School of Griffin with a sharp 14-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Cougars, who have now won seven contests in a row.
David Karvelas
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David Karvelas and JP Karvelas made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Karvelas pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, JP pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. David has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances. At the plate, Karvelas scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while JP went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. The dominant performance also gave David a new career-high in RBI (three).
In other batting news, Josiah Hughes was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Dustin Ogle was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Lafayette Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .548 or higher in four consecutive matches.
While Southern Christian didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Springwood on Tuesday as Southern Christian made off with a 17-8 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their one-run performance the game before.
Lafayette Christian's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Southern Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Everything went Lafayette Christian's way against Southern Christian when the teams last played on Thursday, as Lafayette Christian made off with a 9-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lafayette Christian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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