Front Range Christian has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Flatirons Academy has won six straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. Front Range Christian will host Flatirons Academy at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Front Range Christian 4, Flatirons Academy 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Front Range Christian's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Peyton hitters got past them. Front Range Christian fell 10-5 to Peyton on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Falcons in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Front Range Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Deza, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI. That stolen base was Deza's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Flatirons Academy won against Peetz last Saturday with 17 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Flatirons Academy beat Rocky Mountain Lutheran by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 17-2. Considering the Bison have won three contests by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Noah Evans made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Evans was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Flatirons Academy let Mateo Pope and Everson Nelson run wild. Pope went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI, while Nelson went 3-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and three RBI. Those four RBI gave Pope a new career-high. Micah Doughty was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Flatirons Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .594. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Flatirons Academy's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Front Range Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Front Range Christian has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Flatirons Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 10.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Front Range Christian suffered a grim 26-4 defeat to Flatirons Academy in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can Front Range Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
