The Cornerstone Christian Crusaders will square off against the Packinghouse Christian Academy Bears at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Cornerstone Christian's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Packinghouse Christian Academy has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Cornerstone Christian's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on The Grove School with a sharp 19-0 victory. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 games by six runs or more this season.
Lucas Gomez-Creguer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Gomez-Creguer was even better at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs and one triple. That triple was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Cornerstone Christian got a massive performance out of Jackson Kirby, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those two runs gave Kirby a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlee Kylis, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Cornerstone Christian always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .750. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Packinghouse Christian Academy came up short against Norton Science & Language Academy on Friday, falling 11-1.
Cornerstone Christian is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Packinghouse Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Everything went Cornerstone Christian's way against Packinghouse Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in March, as Cornerstone Christian made off with a 14-0 victory. Will the Crusaders repeat their success, or do the Bears have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
