For the second straight game, Marmion will face off against St. Francis. The Cadets will take on the Spartans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Marmion easily dispatched Montini Catholic on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Cadets fell just short of St. Francis by a score of 8-6 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Cadets have suffered against the Spartans since May 8, 2018.
Charlie Schweiner 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 two unearned) runs off eight hits. That's the fewest earned runs he has allowed since back in March.
At the plate, Marmion saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trajan Storto-Featherson, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Charlie Zebig was another, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
The win (which was St. Francis' 16th in a row) raised their record to 20-3. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.9 runs over those games. As for Marmion, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 16-10-1.
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