Baseball Recap: Old Plank Christian Academy Wins Going Away Against Parsons Christian Academy

Defenders

Margin (Wins)

03/28/25 @ Harvest Community	22
03/11/25 vs Westside	17
02/14/25 vs Harvest Community	16
03/24/25 vs Parsons Christian Academy	10
03/04/25 @ Andrew Jackson	10

Old Plank Christian Academy gave up the first runs on Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They were the clear victors by a 20-14 margin over the Parsons Christian Academy Lions. The Defenders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.

Dustin Peele was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Mark Reid was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances.

Old Plank Christian Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .585. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

The win made it two in a row for Old Plank Christian Academy and bumps their season record up to 7-10. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.5 hits in those games compared to only 4.67 in the others. As for Parsons Christian Academy, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5-1.

Coming up, Old Plank Christian Academy will host Andrew Jackson at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Old Plank Christian Academy is facing Andrew Jackson at the right time seeing as Andrew Jackson is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Parsons Christian Academy, they will head out on the road to challenge Seacoast Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.