It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Temple Christian can now relate to. They lost 13-0 to the Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy Ospreys on Friday. The loss continues a trend for Temple Christian in their matchups with Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy: they've now lost nine in a row.
For Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy's part, they got a great performance from Parker Nichols as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Nichols has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Rowan Ingraham was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to RBI, as he's now brought in three or more in the last three games he's played. Alex Crowl was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2.
Temple Christian now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy, the victory was the 16th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.
Temple Christian will square off against Christian Heritage Academy at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Temple Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season. As for Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy, they will take on Grace Christian at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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