If Western Christian was riding high fresh off their 12-4 takedown of Mountain View last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Western Christian Fighting Lancers fell just short of the Marshall Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
Owen Smith was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
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At the plate, Reece Peters made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-3. He has become a key player for Western Christian: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 1-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Will Stradley, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Western Christian now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Marshall, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-1-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Western Christian will square off against Cornerstone Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cornerstone Christian 1.6, Western Christian 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Marshall, they will take on Salesian at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Salesian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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