Baseball Preview: St. Xavier Tigers vs. Male Bulldogs
The St. Xavier Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Male Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Xavier is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
St. Xavier's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Christian Academy-Louisville.
Not much got past Kaden Ford, who gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks to keep Christian Academy-Louisville off the board. Ford has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jaxon Coomer, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Luke Wright, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Male's way against Oldham County on Thursday as Male made off with a 10-0 win.
Landon Ingram made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Ingram was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Male let West Bickett and Anthony Evans-Johnson loose on the outfield. Bickett went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI, while Evans-johnson scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Mudd, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
St. Xavier pushed their record up to 21-14 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Male, their record now sits at 10-15.
St. Xavier beat Male 8-4 in their previous matchup back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Xavier since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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