Faith Christian is 0-3 against North Newton since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Faith Christian Eagles will look to defend their home field against the North Newton Spartans at 4:30 p.m.
Faith Christian's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Frontier two weeks ago. They lost 22-0 to the Falcons. Faith Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Faith Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson McQueen, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, North Newton can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand West Central a 6-0 shutout.
The team relied heavily on Preston Boezeman, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Malcolm Tharp, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Faith Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for North Newton, they pushed their record up to 9-2 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Faith Christian has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 5.1 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like North Newton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Faith Christian suffered a grim 17-4 defeat to North Newton when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Faith Christian, Michael Levy (who struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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