Christian Brothers has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Baylor Red Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Christian Brothers: 3.6, Baylor: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Christian Brothers' pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Ensworth.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Baylor had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Blue Tornado out 8-6.
Amari Jefferson was incredible, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Schuman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Christian Brothers' victory bumped their record up to 19-9. As for Baylor, their win bumped their record up to 24-6.
Christian Brothers might still be hurting after the 14-7 loss they got from Baylor in their previous meeting back in May of 2022. Thankfully for Christian Brothers, Jonathan Larrea (who struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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