Baseball Recap: St. Paul Lutheran Starts Season with Victory Against Cole Camp

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Previous 4 Games

03/25/25 - Home	7-6 W
05/04/23 - Away	11-7 W
03/26/22 - Home	5-9 L
03/23/19 - Away	2-18 L

St. Paul Lutheran gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Cole Camp Blue Birds 7-6. The Saints have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Blue Birds, too.

Jaydon Battista was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Battista was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ryan Kunkel, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Cole Camp now has a losing record of 1-2.

Looking ahead, St. Paul Lutheran is packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game of the season: they will take on Sweet Springs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cole Camp, they will square off against Sherwood at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.