The St. Mark's Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Laurel Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
St. Mark's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Brandywine, who was ranked 18th at the time (St. Mark's was ranked eighth). The Spartans put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 17-7 win on Thursday. The Spartans' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Laurel came tearing into Thursday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bluejays 18-3. Considering the Bulldogs have won four games by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory made it two in a row for St. Mark's and bumps their season record up to 4-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.0 runs over those games. As for Laurel, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
St. Mark's couldn't quite finish off Laurel in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Spartans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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