In what's become a running theme this season, St. John XXIII gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Kelly Catholic Bulldogs a 7-0 shutout. That's two games straight that St. John XXIII has won by exactly seven runs.
Not much got past Alexa Ramirez, who gave up just one hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep Kelly Catholic off the board. Ramirez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Emily Unger, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelynn Talasek, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
St. John XXIII is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Kelly Catholic, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-11.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. St. John XXIII will challenge The Woodlands Christian Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (The Woodlands Christian Academy: 3.8, St. John XXIII: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Kelly Catholic, they will head out on the road to take on Second Baptist at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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