The Trinity Christian Crusaders will face off against the Georgia Christian Generals on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Trinity Christian has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Georgia Christian will arrive with four straight victories.
Trinity Christian's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when John Milledge Academy hitters got past them. The Crusaders lost 12-2 to the Trojans on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Georgia Christian had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They beat the Cavaliers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-2. The result was nothing new for the Generals, who have now won 17 matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Mac Bowling made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. Bowling was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
In other batting news, Georgia Christian got a big performance out of Anthony Alaniz, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Another player making a difference was Colton Hall, who went 1-for-2 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Georgia Christian kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in four consecutive games.
Georgia Christian's win bumped their record up to 20-5. As for Trinity Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 17-7.
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