The St. Joseph Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Cumberland Colts at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
St. Joseph is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Atlantic City 11-3 on Thursday. The Wildcats haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
Bobby Butkus made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Butkus was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-4. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Aidan Riley was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Matt Thompson was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cumberland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Deptford.
Cumberland saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kameron Fiorani, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
St. Joseph's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-3. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Cumberland, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
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