The Victory Christian Academy Storm will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Lake Gibson Braves at 7:00 p.m.
Victory Christian Academy's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Fort Meade on Monday. They fell victim to a rough 11-0 defeat at the hands of the Miners. Considering the last time Victory Christian Academy couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Victory Christian Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Lake Gibson has not done well against Auburndale recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Lake Gibson narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Auburndale 3-2.
The team relied heavily on Gavin Bryant, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Rains, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Victory Christian Academy has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season. As for Lake Gibson, their victory ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-14.
Victory Christian Academy suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Lake Gibson in their previous matchup on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bryant, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Now that Victory Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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