Victory Christian owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They blew past the Eufaula Ironheads 7-0. The win continues a trend for the Conquerors in their matchups with the Ironheads: they've now won three in a row.
Bandit Thomas tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jake Butterfield, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. He also put up a triple, which was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Colin McAvoy, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Conquerors
| 03/31/25 vs Eufaula | 7-0 |
| 03/25/25 vs Checotah | 12-2 |
| 03/10/25 vs Catoosa | 10-3 |
| 04/24/24 vs Kingston | 8-6 |
| 04/23/24 vs Sequoyah | 10-2 |
| + 2 more games |
Victory Christian pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Eufaula, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-9.
Victory Christian will have a chance to go back-to-back against Eufaula: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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