The Grace Christian Academy Lions will square off against the Victory Christian Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Grace Christian Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Victory Christian Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Grace Christian Academy's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Point Arena hitters got past them. The Lions fell 11-6 to the Pirates on Friday. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Victory Christian Academy got the win against Potter Valley on Friday by a conclusive 15-4. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Bearcats: they've now won four in a row.
Victory Christian Academy let JT Russell and Tyler Hadley run wild. Russell went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, one triple, and two RBI, while Hadley went 3-for-4 with six RBI, one run, and one double. Russell is becoming a predictor of Victory Christian Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 2-8 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Adam Mendoza, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI and one run.
Victory Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-9. As for Grace Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 7-2.
Grace Christian Academy skirted past Victory Christian Academy 7-5 in their previous matchup back in April. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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