The Orangewood Christian Rams will challenge the Freedom Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Orangewood Christian will be strutting in after a win while Freedom will be coming in after a defeat.
Freedom's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Tuesday: Orangewood Christian hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Orangewood Christian's pitchers stepped up to hand Father Lopez a 5-0 shutout on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Green Wave: they've now won four in a row.
Max Sakala looked comfortable as he struck out 11 batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Austin Wendorf was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jack Benson, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Freedom came up short against Dr. Phillips on Friday and fell 6-2. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Freedom saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hermes Garcia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Orangewood Christian pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Freedom, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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