Piedmont Community Charter is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Ambassador Christian School a five-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Wednesday. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots will welcome the Ambassador Christian School Lions at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Piedmont Community Charter took a eight-run defeat the last time they faced off against Gaston Christian, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Piedmont Community Charter's pitcher stepped up to hand Gaston Christian a 1-0 shutout on Monday. The one-run effort marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Not much got past Bree Phillips, who gave up just four hits to keep Gaston Christian off the board.
On the hitting side, Piedmont Community Charter's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bailee Roper, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Christian School fell victim to Providence Day and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 15-0 to the Chargers.
Ambassador Christian School's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Piedmont Community Charter, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Ambassador Christian School's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Piedmont Community Charter has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .438. It's a different story for Ambassador Christian School, though, as they've only averaged .246. Will they be able to contain Piedmont Community Charter's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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