For the second straight game, Strake Jesuit will face off against Foster. The Fighting Crusaders will be playing at home against the Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Strake Jesuit has won five straight at home, while Foster won five straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
Strake Jesuit proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 13) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Foster 6-5.
For Foster's part, Paxton Dagley was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off eight hits. Dagley has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Foster saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Poirier, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
Strake Jesuit is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Foster, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 15-12-1.
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