Hill Country Christian School of Austin and Veritas Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Hill Country Christian School of Austin Knights will look to defend their home field on Monday against Veritas Academy at 2:30 p.m. Veritas Academy took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Hill Country Christian School of Austin, who comes in off a win.
Hill Country Christian School of Austin's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Brentwood Christian's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Hill Country Christian School of Austin's way against Brentwood Christian as Hill Country Christian School of Austin made off with a 14-8 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Hill Country Christian School of Austin.
Ty Curry made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and six unearned) runs off five hits. Curry was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gabe Blaut, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Jack Fritz was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Veritas Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 7-3 to Brentwood Christian.
Matthew Ard was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Gengler, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Hill Country Christian School of Austin has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-10-1 record this season. As for Veritas Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Hill Country Christian School of Austin has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Veritas Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Hill Country Christian School of Austin skirted past Veritas Academy 6-5 when the teams last played on April 3rd. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Veritas Academy's Martin Brugueras, who struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hill Country Christian School of Austin still be able to contain Brugueras? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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