The Emmanuel Christian Warriors will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Gibsonburg took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Emmanuel Christian, who comes in off a win.
Emmanuel Christian's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Rogers as they made off with a 14-0 win. The victory continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Rams: they've now won four in a row.
JD Garcia and Karston Kickbusch made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Garcia struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Kickbusch tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At bat, Garcia scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Kickbusch scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Ethan Sherban and Sam Kutz did most of the damage at the plate: Sherban went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs, while Kutz scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Angel Cintron, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Emmanuel Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rogers only posted a batting average of .222.
Meanwhile, Gibsonburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Lakota.
Gibsonburg's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Emmanuel Christian, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
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