The Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Titans will challenge the Turlock Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-run drubbing they dealt Elliot Christian on Tuesday. The Titans put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 8-1 win.
Meanwhile, Turlock Christian entered their tilt with River Islands last Monday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They never let the Riptide get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.
Turlock Christian got a big performance out of Jake Dein, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Miller, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and one run.
Turlock Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in four consecutive matches.
Turlock Christian pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Aspire Langston Hughes Academy, their win bumped their record up to 3-6.
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