Grove City Christian and Millersport are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. The Eagles will welcome the Lakers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Grove City Christian will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Grove City Christian's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Harvest Prep with a sharp 19-0 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.
Tyler Benedum made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one double. Grove City Christian is 5-1 when Benedum posts two or more runs, but 4-6-1 otherwise.
Jadunn Harris
| 05/09/25 vs Harvest Prep | 4 |
| 05/08/25 @ Millersport | 3 |
| 04/16/25 @ Harvest Prep | 3 |
| 04/28/25 vs Wellington School | 2 |
| 04/21/25 @ Fisher Catholic | 1 |
| + 3 more games |
In other batting news, Jadunn Harris was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, four runs, and one triple. He is becoming a predictor of Grove City Christian's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 5-7-1 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Jeff Collins, who went 2-for-4 with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI.
Miller hit Millersport with a four-run sixth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Lakers came up short against the Falcons, falling 10-1. The Lakers have struggled against the Falcons recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Millersport saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Everitt, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
Grove City Christian's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-7-1. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Millersport, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
Everything went Grove City Christian's way against Millersport in their previous meeting on Thursday, as Grove City Christian made off with a 13-0 victory. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lakers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
