Baseball Preview: St. Dominic Crusaders vs. Duchesne Pioneers
St. Dominic is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Duchesne is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Dominic Crusaders will take on the Duchesne Pioneers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. St. Dominic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
In what's become a running theme this season, St. Dominic gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They put the hurt on St. Charles West with a sharp 10-1 victory. With that win, St. Dominic brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Cooper Montgomery, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Brady Baker, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Duchesne came up short against Valley Park on Thursday and fell 7-3.
Duchesne also got a good showing from Gavin Moffitt, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Jack Burle made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
St. Dominic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Duchesne, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-11.
St. Dominic was able to grind out a solid victory over Duchesne in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, winning 6-3. Will St. Dominic repeat their success, or does Duchesne have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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