The Toledo Christian Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Emmanuel Christian Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Toledo Christian has four straight wins, Emmanuel Christian has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Toledo Christian will head into Thursday's match having proved themselves against Northwood: Toledo Christian barely beat Northwood the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Toledo Christian was the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Northwood on Thursday. Toledo Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Gavin Hamilton was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiden Quinn, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Christian scored the most runs they've had all season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. Their tough 8-2 defeat to Danbury might stick with them for a while.
Toledo Christian's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-3. As for Emmanuel Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Toledo Christian beat Emmanuel Christian 4-0 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Toledo Christian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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