With a playoff game on the line, Village Christian rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Brentwood School Eagles by a score of 8-4. Eight seems to be a good number for Village Christian as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Ethan Tibert, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI.
On Brentwood School's side, Max Rice was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Rice was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI.
Even though they lost, Brentwood School didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Village Christian only tossed seven.
Village Christian has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7-1 record this season. As for Brentwood School, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.
Village Christian will take on West Covina at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Village Christian's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so West Covina's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Brentwood School does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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