The Southwest Christian Stars will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Breck Mustangs at 11:30 a.m. Southwest Christian's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Breck's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Southwest Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Holy Family Catholic, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Southwest Christian was ranked 20th). Southwest Christian lost 12-5 to Holy Family Catholic on Thursday.
Southwest Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Lindberg, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Breck put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Minneapolis South 16-6. The win was familiar territory for Breck who now have six in a row.
The team relied heavily on Max Aronson, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Ben Amato, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Southwest Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Breck, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Southwest Christian came up short against Breck in their previous matchup back in June of 2023, falling 10-7. Can Southwest Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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