Baseball Recap: Spring Grove Lions vs. Schaeffer Academy Lions
Spring Grove stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Schaeffer Academy Lions a 15-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what Spring Grove needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Christian Bjerke made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Bjerke was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Spring Grove got a massive performance out of Ben Udstuen, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Jaxon Strinmoen was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Spring Grove's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5. As for Schaeffer Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-10.
Spring Grove will have a chance to go back-to-back against Schaeffer Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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