Baseball Recap: St. Joseph Comes Up Short

St. Joseph extended their losing streak to five on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 7-9-1 in the process. They fell 8-5 to the Norrix Knights. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Knights this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 5-2 on Thursday.

St. Joseph got a good showing from Zayne Stober, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Stober has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single hit in three consecutive appearances.

Mitchell Culver

Stolen Base

05/08/25 @ Norrix	2
04/30/25 vs Kalamazoo Central	2
04/23/25 @ Portage Northern	2
04/23/25 @ Portage Northern	1
04/19/25 @ East Lansing	1
+ 2 more games

At the plate, Mitchell Culver made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. He is becoming a predictor of St. Joseph's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 5-8-1 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Nathan Schmitt, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

As for Norrix, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 16-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games.

On Norrix's side, Corey Stanfill looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jackson Bennett, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two RBI and one run. Trey Iocca was another key player, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. St. Joseph will challenge Lakeshore at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Norrix, they will head out to challenge Kalamazoo Central at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.