The Coalinga Horned Toads beat the Legacy Christian Academy Lions 5-2 on Friday.
Noah Tasi and Drake 'Swish' Stevens were a major factor while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Tasi struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Meanwhile, Stevens pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). At the plate, Tasi scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Stevens went 3-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most hits Stevens has posted since back in April of 2024.

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They weren't the only ones making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Landon Kiker, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.
The win got Coalinga back to even at 5-5. As for Legacy Christian Academy, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 8-2-1 record.
Looking ahead, Coalinga will be playing at home against Firebaugh at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Legacy Christian Academy, they will head out on the road to square off against Kings Christian at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Legacy Christian Academy's pitchers better be ready for this one: Kings Christian has averaged an impressive 6.7 runs per game this season.
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