The Northside Christian Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Carrollwood Day Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Northside Christian: 2.7, Carrollwood Day: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Northside Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Canterbury a 7-0 shutout. Northside Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 games by six runs or more this season.
Northside Christian got a great performance from Nick Bertrand as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. Bertrand has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Chase Perkey, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashton Cox, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Carrollwood Day had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Celtics 2-0.
Not much got past Nick Riedel, who gave up just four hits to keep Neumann off the board.
At the plate, Carrollwood Day's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christian Clarke, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Northside Christian is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Carrollwood Day, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-5.
Northside Christian took their win against Carrollwood Day in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northside Christian since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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