Athenian extended their losing streak to five on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 10-11 in the process. They came up short against the St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots, falling 12-5. That's two games in a row now that the Owls have lost by exactly seven runs.
As for St. Joseph Notre Dame, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-9. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games.
For St. Joseph Notre Dame's part, they let Brandon Ng and Isaiah Dumont run wild. Ng got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and two RBI, while Dumont got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs. Those three runs gave Dumont a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Sadie, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Athenian beat St. Joseph Notre Dame by a score of 8-7 on Thursday.
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