The Montini Catholic Broncos will square off against the Marmion Cadets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Montini Catholic is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Patrick just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Shamrocks.
Meanwhile, Marmion made easy work of Wheaton North on Saturday and carried off a 9-1 win. Considering the Cadets have won 12 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Nate Bostrand tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Matthew Tulley was excellent, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmit Collins, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Marmion kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in three consecutive matches.
Marmion has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 22-12-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Montini Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-15.
Montini Catholic suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Marmion in their previous meeting on May 6th. Can the Broncos avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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