Baseball Game Preview: Dupo Tigers vs. Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis Crusaders

The Dupo Tigers will face off against the Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Dupo will be strutting in after a win while Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis will be coming in after a loss.

Dupo made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Bunker Hill, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Dupo never let Bunker Hill get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory on Thursday.

Teegan Hargrove made a splash no matter where he played. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in hits (zero). He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

Carter McMannis

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/20/25 vs Bunker Hill	4
05/14/24 vs Lebanon	1
04/25/24 @ New Athens	1
04/22/24 vs New Athens	1
04/04/24 @ Red Bud	1

In other batting news, Dupo got a massive performance out of Carter McMannis, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one run. The dominant performance gave McMannis a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Thinh Staggs, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3.

Dupo always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .680. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bunker Hill only posted an OBP of .143.

Meanwhile, Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost an 8-7 heartbreaker at the hands of Crosspoint Christian. Crusaders fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against Crosspoint Christian since last Thursday.

Tariq Mayo put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Mayo was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Dane Perry made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

The win got Dupo back to even at 1-1. As for Christian Academy of Greater St. Louis, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.