Baseball Preview: Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes vs. St. Mary Catholic Zephyrs
The Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Mary Catholic Zephyrs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fox Valley Lutheran: 3.5, St. Mary Catholic: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Fox Valley Lutheran's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Kettle Moraine Lutheran on Saturday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 1-0. Fox Valley Lutheran has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, St. Mary Catholic gave their fans yet another huge win on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Southern Door an 11-0 shutout. With that victory, St. Mary Catholic brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Joe Pirillo, who went 4-for-4 with six RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Fisher Mackenzie, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Fox Valley Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for St. Mary Catholic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Fox Valley Lutheran suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to St. Mary Catholic in their previous meeting back in May of 2021. Can Fox Valley Lutheran avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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