The Lafayette Christian Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Cherokee Christian Warriors at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lafayette Christian has eight straight wins, Cherokee Christian has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Lafayette Christian beat Southern Christian 6-1.
Logan Childree was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Hughes, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Lafayette Christian hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in six consecutive matches.
The home team had come away the winner the last six times Cherokee Christian and Dominion Christian had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. Cherokee Christian fell just short of Dominion Christian by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday.
Cherokee Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will McCure, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Lafayette Christian pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Cherokee Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
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