After four games on the road, St. Xavier is heading back home. They will take on the Fern Creek Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Apollo, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (St. Xavier was ranked 12th). St. Xavier beat Apollo on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
Brodie Benefield made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Benefield was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other pitching news, St. Xavier got a great performance from Cooper Mattingly as he tossed 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
Back at the plate, Jacob Buehner was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Fern Creek didn't have quite enough to beat Southern on Thursday and fell 3-1. Fern Creek has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Xavier is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-14 record this season. As for Fern Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-8.
St. Xavier was able to grind out a solid win over Fern Creek in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, winning 4-0. Will St. Xavier repeat their success, or does Fern Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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