Baseball Recap: St. Xavier falls despite strong effort from Dylan Thompson

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 5:20pm

Baseball Recap: St. Xavier Bombers vs. Turpin Spartans

St. Xavier lost against Turpin back in April of 2019, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The St. Xavier Bombers fell just short of the Turpin Spartans by a score of 5-4.

St. Xavier got a good showing from Dylan Thompson, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Thompson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, St. Xavier saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Ryan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

St. Xavier dropped their record down to 7-19 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Turpin, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.

St. Xavier will be playing at home against Badin at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Badin's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so St. Xavier's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Turpin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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