The Ste. Genevieve Dragons are taking a road trip to take on the St. Louis HomeSchool P Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
St. Louis HomeSchool P will be up against a hot Ste. Genevieve squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Ste. Genevieve came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against Perryville. The three-run effort marked the Dragons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ethan Ottens was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Justin Schweigert, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but St. Louis HomeSchool P ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out Chaminade 8-6. The win continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Red Devils: they've now won three in a row.
Damien Hinze looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).
On the hitting side, St. Louis HomeSchool P's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Noah Parker, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Ben Janssen was another, going 1-for-4 with two RBI.
St. Louis HomeSchool P pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Ste. Genevieve, their record is now 4-1.
Ste. Genevieve couldn't quite get it done against St. Louis HomeSchool P in their previous matchup back in March of 2024 as they fell 6-1. Can Ste. Genevieve avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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