The Southwest Covenant Patriots will face off against the Minco Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southwest Covenant is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
If Southwest Covenant beats Minco with 11 runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Patriots beat Hinton on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won five games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Kale Karn
| 04/15/25 @ Hinton | 5 |
| 03/24/25 vs Christian Heritage | 4 |
| 02/28/25 vs Geary | 3 |
| 04/03/25 @ Crossings Christian | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Destiny Christian | 2 |
Kale Karn was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Southwest Covenant is 3-1 when Karn posts two or more runs, but 5-6 otherwise.
In other batting news, Southwest Covenant got a massive performance out of Tate Flanary, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Flanary is becoming a predictor of the Patriots' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-7 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Brewer Lee, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one triple.
Meanwhile, Minco had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged out Crescent 7-6.
The team relied heavily on Bryson Bates, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Minco was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Southwest Covenant's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-7. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs over those games. As for Minco, their victory bumped their record up to 6-12.
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