Southwest Covenant won against Geary on Monday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Patriots beat the Hinton Comets by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won five contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Kale Karn
| 04/15/25 @ Hinton | 5 |
| 03/24/25 vs Christian Heritage | 4 |
| 02/28/25 vs Geary | 3 |
| 04/03/25 @ Crossings Christian | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Destiny Christian | 2 |
Kale Karn was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2. Southwest Covenant is 3-1 when Karn posts two or more stolen bases, but 5-6 otherwise.
In other batting news, Southwest Covenant got a massive performance out of Tate Flanary, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Flanary has become a key player for the Patriots: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Brewer Lee, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one triple.
Southwest Covenant pushed their record up to 8-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Hinton, they moved to 8-13 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Coming up, Southwest Covenant will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Minco at 6:00 p.m. As for Hinton, they will head out on the road to take on Fletcher at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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