The St. Bede Bruins will square off against the Yorkville Christian Mustangs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Bede is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 11 games.
St. Bede is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Henry-Senachwine on Friday as they made off with a 20-5 victory. Considering the Bruins have won 12 games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Geno Dinges made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Dinges was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and two RBI.
Gus Burr
| 05/16/25 vs Henry-Senachwine | 8 |
| 04/15/25 vs Dwight | 4 |
| 05/14/25 vs Bureau Valley | 3 |
| 05/10/25 vs Newark | 3 |
| 03/22/25 @ Ottawa | 3 |
In other batting news, Gus Burr was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, eight RBI, and two runs. Those eight RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Alan Spencer, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
St. Bede always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .688. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Yorkville Christian lost 9-1 to Wheaton Academy on Monday.
Yorkville Christian saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Davis, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
St. Bede pushed their record up to 25-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Yorkville Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 15-9.
St. Bede came out on top in a nail-biter against Yorkville Christian in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Bruins have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
