Baseball Game Preview: St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots vs. Athenian Owls

For the second straight game, St. Joseph Notre Dame will face off against Athenian. The Pilots will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Owls at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Joseph Notre Dame has five straight wins, Athenian has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

St. Joseph Notre Dame had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-run drubbing they dealt Athenian on Monday. The Pilots were the clear victors by a 10-3 margin over the Owls.

St. Joseph Notre Dame pushed their record up to 11-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Athenian, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.