The St. Charles West Warriors will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Westminster Christian Wildcats at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Neither St. Charles West nor Westminster Christian posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
St. Charles West is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They lost 17-2 to Winfield on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Westminster Christian fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against St. Francis Borgia on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Westminster Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Allison Branstetter, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Westminster Christian didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
St. Charles West suffered a grim 16-10 defeat to Westminster Christian in their previous matchup back in September of 2022. Can St. Charles West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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