Baseball Game Preview: Tri-Valley Vikings vs. St. Bede Bruins

Vikings

Runs

05/08/25 @ MacArthur	4
05/07/25 vs Maroa-Forsyth	8
05/05/25 vs Peoria Christian	0
05/03/25 vs Bloomington Central Catholic	3
05/02/25 vs Deer Creek-Mackinaw	6
+ 17 more games

The Tri-Valley Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the St. Bede Bruins at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tri-Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.

Tri-Valley's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over MacArthur. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.

Not much got past Lucas Filarski, who gave up just a hit and racked up ten Ks to keep MacArthur off the board. Filarski has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in seven consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cole Klein, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI. Justin McNeely was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, St. Bede entered their tilt with Putnam County on Thursday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Panthers.

Not much got past Gino Ferrari, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Putnam County off the board.

At the plate, St. Bede saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was AJ Hermes, who went 1-for-3 with one run.

Tri-Valley's record is now 14-7-1. As for St. Bede, their record now sits at 19-4.