Baseball Game Preview: Salpointe Catholic Lancers vs. Jesuit Marauders

The Salpointe Catholic Lancers will challenge the Jesuit Marauders at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Salpointe Catholic 2.4, Jesuit 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Salpointe Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Faith Lutheran, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Salpointe Catholic was ranked third). The Lancers fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 3-2 on Monday. The Lancers were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior), but the Crusaders' pitcher proved too tough.

David Driskill made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Lucas Shannon, who went 1-for-2 with one triple.

Meanwhile, Jesuit was able to grind out a solid win over Faith Lutheran on Monday, taking the game 7-4.

Jesuit's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cade Colombara, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Tayt Jackson was another, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

Jesuit always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .516. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Faith Lutheran only posted an OBP of .357.

Having lost for the first time this season, Salpointe Catholic fell to 17-1-1. As for Jesuit, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.

Salpointe Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Jesuit in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 5-1. Will the Lancers repeat their success, or do the Marauders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.