James Monroe has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Charleston Catholic Irish at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, James Monroe needed a bit of extra time to put away Summers County. They won by a run and slipped past the Bobcats 5-4.
Cooper Ridgeway and Hudson Boggess did most of the damage at the plate: Ridgeway scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Boggess scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Ridgeway has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Peyton Gardinier, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI.
Meanwhile, Charleston Catholic came tearing into Friday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 11-8. 11 seems to be a good number for Charleston Catholic as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
James Monroe pushed their record up to 20-7 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Charleston Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 27-3 record this season.
James Monroe might still be hurting after the 14-4 defeat they got from Charleston Catholic when the teams last played back in April. Can James Monroe avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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