Baseball Preview: Turpin Spartans vs. St. Xavier Bombers
The Turpin Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Xavier Bombers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Turpin's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so St. Xavier's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Turpin is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Kings just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 8-6.
Meanwhile, St. Xavier sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Anderson on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Xavier.
St. Xavier saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ted Hammond, who went 2-for-3 with a home run. Andrew Weber was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Turpin's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-6. As for St. Xavier, their win bumped their record up to 7-18.
Turpin skirted past St. Xavier 11-9 in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Will Turpin repeat their success, or does St. Xavier have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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