The Summit Christian Academy Eagles will take on the Richmond Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Summit Christian Academy has six straight wins, Richmond has 19 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, everything went Summit Christian Academy's way against Lincoln College Prep as Summit Christian Academy made off with a 16-1 victory. Considering the Eagles have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Reagan Crooks was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Crooks was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Katchen Gillihan was incredible, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with four RBI and two runs. Another player making a difference was Macy Batchelder, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Summit Christian Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Richmond came up short against Lexington on Thursday, falling 19-4.
Summit Christian Academy's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Summit Christian Academy took their victory against Richmond in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 14-1. Will Summit Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Richmond have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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