The Christ the King Crusaders are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Lincoln Charter Eagles at 4:30 p.m.
Christ the King is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 19 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Mountain Island Charter on Monday. They fell victim to a tough 18-2 defeat at the hands of the Raptors. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Christ the King in their matchups with Mountain Island Charter: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Charter had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 9-3 win. Considering Lincoln Charter has won 11 matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Mallie Courson made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Courson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lincoln Charter got a big performance out of Kiley Welch, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Sarah Terrell was another key contributor, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with two RBI.
Christ the King's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Lincoln Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Christ the King might still be hurting after the 16-0 loss they got from Lincoln Charter in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Christ the King, Kayla Rabalais (who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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