03/11/25 - Away | 7-8 L |
03/07/23 - Away | 7-3 W |
03/03/20 - Home | 10-1 W |
04/12/19 - Away | 9-14 L |
04/12/19 - Away | 10-1 W |
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Rejoice Christian and Barnsdall are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. Rejoice Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Barnsdall at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Barnsdall took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Rejoice Christian, who comes in off a win.
On Saturday, Rejoice Christian needed a bit of extra time to put away Stillwater. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Pioneers 6-5. Six seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Micah Walker, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kai Buntin, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.
Rejoice Christian hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Barnsdall's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 5-2 to Memorial. The Panthers were red-hot at the plate heading into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the six matchups prior), but the Chargers' pitchers proved too tough.
Rejoice Christian's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-12. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Barnsdall, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-2.
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