The Faith Christian Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Leroy Greene Academy Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Faith Christian is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Faith Christian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 20 runs last Thursday, they were much more limited against Foresthill on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-1 walloping at the hands of the Wildfires. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Faith Christian has scored all season.
Faith Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ambor Smith, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI. Smith has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Even though they lost, Faith Christian didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Leroy Greene Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They suffered a rough 15-0 defeat at the hands of Buckingham Charter.
Faith Christian's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Leroy Greene Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Faith Christian beat Leroy Greene Academy 18-13 in their previous matchup back in March. Does Faith Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Leroy Greene Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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