Baseball Game Preview: Catholic Memorial Crusaders vs. Mukwonago Indians

The Catholic Memorial Crusaders will square off against the Mukwonago Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Catholic Memorial is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Waukesha West on Monday. They came up short against the Wolverines, falling 10-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Crusaders in their meetings with the Wolverines: they've now lost six in a row.

Catholic Memorial saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sebastian Vasquez, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. Ian Kawczynski was another, going 1-for-3 with one triple and one run.

Meanwhile, Mukwonago came tearing into Friday's contest with three straight wins , and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged out the Falcons 4-2.

Mukwonago also got a great performance from Caden Baker as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.

At the plate, Braedon Vogds was excellent, going 1-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season.

Mukwonago pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.33 runs across that stretch. As for Catholic Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.