Unity Christian is 0-5 against Taylorville since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Unity Christian Lions will head out on the road to take on the Taylorville Tornadoes at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Unity Christian will head into Monday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a two-point defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Heritage on Monday. Unity Christian put the hurt on Heritage with a sharp 8-2 win.
Haiden Stocks was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Stocks was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Kannon Dehority was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Zach Hesse was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Taylorville put up some runs on Monday, the same can't be said for Jacksonville. Taylorville had just enough and edged Jacksonville out 1-0.
Unity Christian's record is now 4-10. As for Taylorville, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season.
Unity Christian might still be hurting after the 15-3 loss they got from Taylorville in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Can Unity Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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