The Coosa Valley Academy Rebels will head out on the road to take on the Evangel Christian Lightning at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Coosa Valley Academy entered their tilt with Cornerstone Christian with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Chargers 15-5. That's two games straight that Coosa Valley Academy has won by exactly ten runs.
Konner Steele was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Steele was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sam Setzer, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times he's played. Brycen Wilson was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Evangel Christian got the win against Southern Christian on Friday by a conclusive 13-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Evangel Christian.
Evangel Christian let ZAC GROSSMANN and WHIT BOURNE loose on the outfield. GROSSMANN went 3-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and an RBI, while BOURNE went 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was TREY HOPE, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Coosa Valley Academy's record is now 8-16. As for Evangel Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Coosa Valley Academy has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.1 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Evangel Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Coosa Valley Academy suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Evangel Christian when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of GROSSMANN, who struck out ten batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Coosa Valley Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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