Baseball Preview: Mater Dei Knights vs. Roxana Shells
The Mater Dei Knights will head out on the road to take on the Roxana Shells at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mater Dei will be strutting in after a victory while Roxana will be coming in after a loss.
Last Saturday, Mater Dei narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Breese Central 5-4.
The team relied heavily on Gabe Schlimme, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Roxana started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Mascoutah. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 6-4 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for Roxana in their matchups with Mascoutah: they've now lost five in a row.
Roxana saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Crump, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Mater Dei has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-16 record this season. As for Roxana, their loss dropped their record down to 20-14.
Mater Dei suffered a grim 11-3 defeat to Roxana when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Roxana's Cooper Harris, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Mater Dei knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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