The NELA Christian Homeschool Flame will face off against the Acadiana Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
NELA Christian Homeschool is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool on Friday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Southwest Louisiana HomeSchool.
NELA Christian Homeschool saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ephraim Hankins, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Acadiana Christian had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They put the hurt on the Ambassadors with a sharp 14-4 victory. 14 seems to be a good number for the Lions as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Acadiana Christian got a massive performance out of Jaxon Oliver, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That home run marked the first that Oliver launched this season. Another player making a difference was Neal Osburn, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Acadiana Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .640. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .379 or higher in seven consecutive matches.
Acadiana Christian's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for NELA Christian Homeschool, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
NELA Christian Homeschool couldn't quite get it done against Acadiana Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 8-5. Can the Flame avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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