Baseball Game Preview: Parkview Christian Academy Falcons vs. Earlville Red Raiders

Falcons

Runs

04/01/25 vs Crossroads Christian	11
03/29/25 @ Aurora Central Catholic	10
03/29/25 @ Aurora Central Catholic	4
03/28/25 @ Coal City	7
03/17/25 @ Marmion	4

The Parkview Christian Academy Falcons will venture away from home to challenge the Earlville Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Parkview Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.

Parkview Christian Academy made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Crossroads Christian, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Falcons' pitcher stepped up to hand the CRU an 11-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.

Alex Donelson was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He also put up a triple, which was his first of the season. Matthew Busch was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

Parkview Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Earlville's offense. They lost 15-0 to Annawan-Wethersfield on Tuesday.

Earlville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joe Clifford, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double.

Earlville's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Parkview Christian Academy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2-1.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Parkview Christian Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Earlville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.