Baseball Preview: South Beauregard Knights vs. Holy Savior Menard Eagles
South Beauregard has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Holy Savior Menard Eagles at 4:30 p.m. in Friday's first game. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (South Beauregard: 2.5, Holy Savior Menard: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Monday, South Beauregard sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Grand Lake. That's two games straight that South Beauregard has won by just one run.
Meanwhile, Holy Savior Menard waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They never let the Wildcats onto the board and left with a 1-0 win.
Gavin Hilton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up 14 Ks.
On the hitting side, Holy Savior Menard saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Scott, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
South Beauregard is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-3 record this season. As for Holy Savior Menard, they pushed their record up to 19-8 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
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