The St. Charles Pirates will head out to face off against the Hazelwood West Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Charles is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
While St. Charles didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They had just enough and edged out St. Clair 8-7. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 38 runs the game before, Hazelwood West was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They came up short against Seckman, falling 9-0. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their meetings with the Jaguars: they've now lost six in a row.
St. Charles pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Hazelwood West, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
St. Charles might still be hurting after the 11-5 loss they got from Hazelwood West when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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