Baseball Preview: St. Anthony Bulldogs vs. Roxana Shells
The St. Anthony Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Roxana Shells at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Anthony: 2.8, Roxana: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought game, but St. Anthony had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Effingham.
St. Anthony saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brock Fearday, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double. Henry Brent was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Roxana rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Crusaders a 4-0 shutout. Four seems to be a good number for Roxana as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Althoff Catholic's batters probably weren't too happy with Mason Crump, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 16 Ks (he gave up three walks). Crump has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Kael Hester was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
St. Anthony's defeat dropped their record down to 20-5-1. As for Roxana, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-13 record this season.
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