The St. Martin Yellow Jackets will face off against the St. Patrick Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Martin's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so St. Patrick's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If St. Martin beats St. Patrick with four runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. St. Martin had just enough and edged St. Paul's Episcopal out 4-3. The win was familiar territory for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won three matches in a row.
The team relied heavily on Madalynn Broussard, who went a perfect2-for-2 with two stolen bases. Those two stolen bases gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Miriam Adams, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Stone on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tomcats by a score of 5-3.
Peyton Parks was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Zoriah Martin made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one home run.
St. Martin's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for St. Patrick, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
St. Martin skirted past St. Patrick 5-4 when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Does St. Martin have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Patrick turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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