Covenant Day is 2-8 against Charlotte Christian since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Covenant Day Lions will look to defend their home field against the Charlotte Christian Knights at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Covenant Day will head into Saturday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by six) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Christ School.
Covenant Day got a great performance from Will Andrews as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Covenant Day saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Metayer, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Christian can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. Everything went their way against SouthLake Christian Academy as Charlotte Christian made off with a 15-3 win. While fans of Charlotte Christian might be used to big wins, the 12-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Will Parrish looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Charlotte Christian got a massive performance out of Drew Beard, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Beard hasn't dropped below three hits for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Matty Carroll, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Covenant Day is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Charlotte Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Covenant Day has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Charlotte Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Covenant Day skirted past Charlotte Christian 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Will Covenant Day repeat their success, or does Charlotte Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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