The St. Christopher's Saints will venture away from home to take on the Highland Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Highland will be up against a hot St. Christopher's squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Saints put the hurt on Woodberry Forest with a sharp 11-1 win on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Saints have won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Highland). Everything went their way against Fredericksburg Christian on Thursday as they made off with a 17-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won 11 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Grayson Coppage looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Joey Rogers was a standout: he got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and one RBI. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooks Graham, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Highland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .564. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fredericksburg Christian only posted an OBP of .364.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for St. Christopher's, they pushed their record up to 14-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
St. Christopher's couldn't quite get it done against Highland in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 as they fell 5-1. Can the Saints avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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