The Westminster Catawba Christian Indians will challenge the Great Falls Red Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Westminster Catawba Christian easily dispatched Faith Academy Charter last Monday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Westminster Catawba Christian fell just short of Concord Academy by a score of 5-3 last Tuesday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Brooks Minarik was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Minarik was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Minarik wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was James Reinhardt, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Great Falls had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 7-1 win. The Red Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.
Like Westminster Catawba Christian, Great Falls also got a great game from a two-way player: Jayden Brown. He struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). The dominant performance gave Brown a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Trenton Trotter was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jayden Plyler, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Great Falls' victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Westminster Catawba Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
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