Baseball Game Preview: St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Marauders vs. St. Mary's Lancers

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Previous Games

05/24/24 - Away	8-0 W
05/22/24 - Home	5-1 W
05/08/24 - Home	2-0 W
05/06/24 - Away	9-0 W
05/15/23 - Home	1-0 W
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St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute is a perfect 10-0 against St. Mary since May of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Marauders will be playing at home against the Lancers at 4:30 p.m. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.

McDowell hit St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute with a five-run fourth inning on Saturday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Marauders fell 8-4 to the Trojans.

Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but St. Mary's ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Nichols 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Lancers have posted since April 5th.

St. Mary's got a great performance from Anthony Higgins as he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Higgins has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, St. Mary's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Branston Lindquist, who went 1-for-4 with one RBI.

St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute's loss dropped their record down to 7-11-1. As for St. Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 7-10.

Everything went St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute's way against St. Mary's when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute made off with an 8-0 victory. Will the Marauders repeat their success, or do the Lancers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.