With a playoff game on the line, Acadiana Christian rose to the challenge on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Christian Academy of Louisiana Crusaders with a sharp 18-3 victory. The win was familiar territory for Acadiana Christian who now have eight in a row.
Isaiah Burch was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Burch was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Neal Osburn and Ty Olivier did most of the damage at the plate: Osburn scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2, while Olivier scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Olivier has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Alan-Michael Poche was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
On Christian Academy of Louisiana's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tre Wannacott, who scored a run and stole four bases while going 1-for-3.
Acadiana Christian's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. As for Christian Academy of Louisiana, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-5.
The Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Defenders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. Christian Academy of Louisiana does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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