The Desert Christian Knights will be playing at home against the Knight Hawks at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Desert Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
After a string of four wins, Desert Christian's good fortune finally ran out last Thursday. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Vasquez.
Jason Main was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Desert Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Helton, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Knight gave up the first runs last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with an 8-4 win over Palmdale. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Knight.
Desert Christian's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2. As for Knight, their victory bumped their record up to 6-10.
Desert Christian was able to grind out a solid win over Knight when the teams last played back in March of 2023, winning 7-2. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Knight's Gabriel Kostorowski, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Desert Christian to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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