The First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pinewood Christian Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
First Preparatory Christian Academy's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Hilton Head Prep on Monday. Their rough 7-0 defeat to the Dolphins might stick with them for a while.
First Preparatory Christian Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Northe, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Even though they lost, First Preparatory Christian Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 16 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Pinewood Christian won against Bulloch Academy on Friday with one run and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Pinewood Christian's pitchers stepped up to hand Gatewood a 1-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Pinewood Christian sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
First Preparatory Christian Academy dropped their record down to 5-15-1 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Pinewood Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season.
First Preparatory Christian Academy suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Pinewood Christian in their previous matchup back in March. Will First Preparatory Christian Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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