The Parkview Christian Academy Falcons didn't have quite enough to beat the Coal City Coalers on Friday and fell 8-7.
Alex Donelson and Landon Malkowski did some serious damage despite the final result: Donelson scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Malkowski went 1-for-3 with one home run.
Parkview Christian Academy now has a losing record of 0-1-1. As for Coal City, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1.
Coming up, Parkview Christian Academy will head out to challenge Aurora Central Catholic at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Aurora Central Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Parkview Christian Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Coal City, they will welcome Beecher at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Beecher has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.25 runs per game on average), something Coal City will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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