The Belleville West Maroons will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the St. Louis University Junior Bills at 4:30 p.m. Belleville West will be strutting in after a win while St. Louis University will be coming in after a defeat.
Belleville West will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Edwardsville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Belleville West skirted past Edwardsville 4-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Belleville West.
Jake Stedman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Stedman was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
In other batting news, Casey Fultz was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Louis University came up short against Westminster Christian on Saturday and fell 5-2.
Belleville West's victory bumped their record up to 15-9. As for St. Louis University, their loss dropped their record down to 9-4.
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