The Grace Christian School Kings will face off against The Carmel School Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Grace Christian School comes in on eight and The Carmel School on three.
Grace Christian School proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 17) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Christchurch School 5-3.
Trevor Lucy was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Lucy was also big at the plate, going a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ben Best, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one double. Another player making a difference was Andrew Whittington, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, The Carmel School rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They skirted past the Warriors 9-8. Nine seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Grace Christian School's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-4. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs over those games. As for The Carmel School, their win bumped their record up to 4-7.
Everything went Grace Christian School's way against The Carmel School in their previous meeting back in April, as Grace Christian School made off with a 15-0 victory. Will the Kings repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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