Faith Lutheran is ranked highly in their home state and on Monday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Salpointe Catholic. The Crusaders came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lancers, sneaking past 3-2. This was payback for the Crusaders, who suffered a 6-4 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Liam Radke
| 04/14/25 vs Salpointe Catholic | 12 |
| 03/07/25 @ Liberty | 6 |
| 03/14/25 vs Reno | 4 |
| 02/27/25 @ Allen | 4 |
| 04/08/25 @ Palo Verde | 3 |
Liam Radke tossed a big game, striking out 12 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Faith Lutheran's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rouselle Shepard, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Faith Lutheran now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Salpointe Catholic, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 17-1-1.
Coming up, Faith Lutheran will square off against Bishop Gorman at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Salpointe Catholic, they will be taking part in a tournament against Jesuit at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Lancers 2.4, the Marauders 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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