Baseball Recap: Turpin Spartans vs. St. Xavier Bombers
Turpin won the last time they faced St. Xavier, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Turpin Spartans came out on top in a nail-biter against the St. Xavier Bombers and snuck past 5-4.
For St. Xavier's part, they 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.
Turpin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for St. Xavier, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-19.
Turpin does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Xavier, they will be playing in front of their home fans 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.
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