Village Christian is 1-9 against Maranatha since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Crusaders will host the Minutemen at 3:30 p.m. Village Christian will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Village Christian turned things around against Valley Christian on Friday. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Defenders.
Meanwhile, Maranatha had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They skirted past the Warriors 3-1. Three seems to be a good number for the Minutemen as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Maranatha got a great performance from Matthew Vazquez as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Vazquez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Maranatha's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Zach Strickland, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one double. That triple marked the first that Strickland hit this season.
Maranatha now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Village Christian, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 9-6.
Village Christian might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Maranatha in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Crusaders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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