The Lutheran South Academy Pioneers will take on the St. Joseph Flyers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
Lutheran South Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Waltrip a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Pioneers, who have now won 20 contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.43 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit two weeks ago. They fell 19-14 to San Antonio Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on April 11th (13), the Flyers still had to take the loss.
Lutheran South Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 23 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 30-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for St. Joseph, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 28-7.
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