The North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Metrolina Christian Academy Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North Raleigh Christian Academy sitting on three straight victories and Metrolina Christian Academy on nine.
North Raleigh Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They had just enough and edged out Covenant Day 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for the Knights as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
North Raleigh Christian Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Young, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Metrolina Christian Academy put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Rabun Gap-Nacoochee a 1-0 shutout.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee's batters probably weren't too happy with Case Gibbs, who pitched a no hitter and racked up ten Ks (he gave up four walks). Gibbs has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in 13 consecutive appearances.
Metrolina Christian Academy's victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 27-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for North Raleigh Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 18-6.
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