The Badin Rams will head out to square off against the St. Xavier Bombers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Badin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
Badin is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Chaminade Julienne Catholic just ended the team's 14-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, the Rams couldn't push the score so high this time.
Badin got a good showing from Carson Niehaus, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave Niehaus a new career-low in walks (zero).
On the hitting side, Badin saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kade Bowling, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.
St. Xavier couldn't beat La Salle on Wednesday even though they stacked four runs on them in the sixth inning. The Bombers fell just short of the Lancers by a score of 7-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bombers have suffered since April 11th.
Badin's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 17-4. As for St. Xavier, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-10.
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