The High Point Christian Academy Cougars will play host again on Friday to welcome The Burlington School Spartans, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:30 p.m.
High Point Christian Academy fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Wesleyan Christian Academy on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 2-1.
Heath Craver was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
Meanwhile, The Burlington School had just enough and edged Chatham Charter out 3-2 on Wednesday.
The Burlington School saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julian Arreola, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
High Point Christian Academy's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-7. As for The Burlington School, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. High Point Christian Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like The Burlington School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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