The Acadiana Christian Lions will venture away from home to square off against the NELA Christian Homeschool Flame at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Acadiana Christian's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last seven games.
Acadiana Christian had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Psalms Christian Academy on Friday. The Lions blew past the Ambassadors 14-4. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won ten contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Acadiana Christian got a massive performance out of Jaxon Oliver, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That home run marked the first that Oliver launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Neal Osburn, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Acadiana Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .640. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, NELA Christian Homeschool was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell 5-1 to Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool.
NELA Christian Homeschool saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ephraim Hankins, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Acadiana Christian's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for NELA Christian Homeschool, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Acadiana Christian was able to grind out a solid win over NELA Christian Homeschool when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 8-5. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Flame have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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