On Saturday, it was a hard-fought contest, but the First Assembly Christian Crusaders had to settle for a 7-6 loss against the Friendship Christian Commanders. First Assembly Christian has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Kayden Hartunian was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Hartunian has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Hartunian was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Josh Wright was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-6.
On Friendship Christian's side, they got a great performance from Ayden Moore as he struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Mason Hallum was incredible, getting on base in all seven of his plate appearances with a double.
First Assembly Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 16-16. As for Friendship Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-12-1 record this season.
As of now, neither First Assembly Christian nor Friendship Christian have any future games scheduled.
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