The Serena Huskers will head out on the road to take on the St. Bede Bruins at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Serena has five straight victories, St. Bede has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Serena is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Indian Creek (and have done all season long). Serena put the hurt on Indian Creek with a sharp 15-4 win on Friday. With that victory, Serena brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Tanner Faivre made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off three hits. Faivre was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times he's played.
In other batting news, Payton Twait was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
Meanwhile, St. Bede came up short against Seneca on Wednesday and fell 4-1.
Serena pushed their record up to 13-12 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for St. Bede, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-14.
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