The Harrells Christian Academy Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Faith Christian Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Harrells Christian Academy is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Harrells Christian Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Wilmington Christian Academy on Tuesday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over the Trailblazers. That's two games straight that Faith Christian has won by just one run.
Noah Mayo tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Carter Boswell was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run and a stolen base. Dylan Morgan was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Harrells Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Faith Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Harrells Christian Academy came up short against Faith Christian in their previous matchup on April 9th, falling 9-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Faith Christian's Tanner Trevathan, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that Harrells Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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