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| 03/28/24 - Home | 0-2 L |
| 03/11/17 - Away | 11-0 W |
| 03/11/17 - Away | 11-0 W |
| 03/22/16 - Home | 8-6 W |
| 03/22/16 - Home | 15-8 W |
| + 4 more games |
Cottage Hill Christian Academy has gone 8-1 against Excel recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Warriors will head out to take on the Panthers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cottage Hill Christian Academy has five straight victories, Excel has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Excel's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Cottage Hill Christian Academy hadn't allowed a single run the last five times they've hit the field. The Warriors came out on top against Baker by a score of 4-0 on Tuesday.
The result came thanks to Parker Stinson's shutout, as he gave up just four hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Cottage Hill Christian Academy's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Metzner, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Excel didn't have quite enough to beat Sweet Water on Wednesday and fell 12-11.
Logan Adams was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Excel's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 7-13 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of JP Norris, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Excel's defeat dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Cottage Hill Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.
Cottage Hill Christian Academy couldn't quite finish off Excel when the teams last played back in March of 2024 and fell 2-0. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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