Christ the King stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Langtree Charter Lions an 8-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Christ the King as they're now sitting on six straight.
The team relied heavily on Chad Wilson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Andrew Martin was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Langtree Charter didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 13 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Christ the King has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Langtree Charter, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-13.
Christ the King will head out on the road to take on Lincoln Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lincoln Charter is coming into the match with eight straight victories at home, so Christ the King will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Langtree Charter will take on Union Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Langtree Charter has given up an average of 6.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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