Seagraves, Layton Shine in Early Season Power 25 Top 20 Matchup

No. 2 Grace Christian  1 No. 7 Charlotte Christian  2

In a Power 25, Top 10 matchup, the stars came out to shine as Charlotte Christian found a way to take a 2-1 win over Grace Christian.  Grace Christian ace Camron Seagraves (2024, RHP) fired 7 innings of no-hit baseball, striking out 11.  In the first, SR Shortstop, Boaz Harper got Grace Christian on the board, slamming an elevated change-up over the left-center field fence.  Charlotte Christian answered in the bottom half, scratching an unearned run in the bottom of the 1st to tie the game. From there, the pitching took over.  Matching Seagraves was Charlotte's Nick Harris (2024, RHP) who worked 4 innings, giving up just 2 hits.  DJ Layton took over for Harris in the 5th and was simply dominant for stints as he worked 4 innings, striking out 7.In the bottom of the 8th, Drew Darling led off with a single and moved to second on a Drew Beard sac bunt.  Cohen Bettencourt then singled to right, scoring Darling in a walk-off fashion.

No. 2 Grace Chrisitian Stats

+ Matt Murchison - 1-2, 2B, 2BB
+ Boaz Harper - 1-4, HR, 1R, 1RBI
+ Alex Pena - 0-2, 2BB
+ Ethan Bunce - 1-2, 2 BB
+ Connor Howard - 1-3, 2B, 1BB
+ Camron Seagraves - ND, 7IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 5BB, 11K
+ Mullen Riley - Loss, 0.1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K

No. 7 Charlotte Christian Stats

+ Cohen Bettencourt - 1-2, 1RBI, 2BB
+ Matt Carroll - 0-2, 1BB
+ Drew Darling - 1-2, 1R, 1BB
+ Nick Harris - ND, 4IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 9K
+ DJ Layton - Win, 4IP, 2H, 0R, 4BB, 7K

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