The Mercy Culture Prep Royals will take on the Nazarene Christian Academy Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mercy Culture Prep fell victim to Bethesda Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Lions.
Meanwhile, Nazarene Christian Academy waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won three matches by ten runs or more so far this season.
Carson Drury was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Drury was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-3. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times he's played.
In other batting news, Nazarene Christian Academy got a massive performance out of Boston Busby, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Nazarene Christian Academy is undefeated when Busby posts two or more runs, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Brenner Russell, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Nazarene Christian Academy lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Nazarene Christian Academy pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Mercy Culture Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7-1.
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