After two games on the road, Zion Christian Academy is heading back home. They will take on the Hughes Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Zion Christian Academy nor Hughes posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Zion Christian Academy's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Battle Ground Academy and snuck past 2-0.
Ashleia Coble was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Coble has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Coble was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Coble wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Raleigh Blanks, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Hughes was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-0 walloping at the hands of Clarksburg. The shutout was out of character for Hughes seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Zion Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Hughes, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Zion Christian Academy took their win against Hughes in their previous meeting back in April of 2015 by a conclusive 9-3. Will Zion Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Hughes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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