The Young Americans Christian Eagles will square off against the Scholars Guild Academy Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Young Americans Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of New Creation Christian Academy by a score of 18-16 on Thursday. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Crusaders recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Jackson Turner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all five of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and five RBI. Those RBI marked the first that he brought in this season. Another player making a difference was LJ Howard, who scored two runs and stole Four bases. while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Young Americans Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Scholars Guild Academy never let their opponents score on Thursday. They blew past Skipstone Academy 15-0.
Will Pittman and Ty Newton made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Pittman tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Newton pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Pittman has become a key player for Scholars Guild Academy: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 3-5 otherwise. At the plate, Pittman scored four runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Newton scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those four runs gave Pittman a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jacob Chupp, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Henry Rumble was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
Young Americans Christian's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Scholars Guild Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.
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