Baseball Game Preview: St. James on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 18, 2024, 7:00am

Baseball Preview: St. James Saints vs. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights

St. James has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

St. James will head into Thursday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Luverne on Thursday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-run loss they were dealt on Thursday. St. James fell just short of Luverne by a score of 6-4. St. James has struggled against Luverne recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of New Ulm Cathedral.

St. James' defeat dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.

St. James took their victory against Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial in their previous matchup back in April of 2019 by a conclusive 11-1. Does St. James have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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