With a playoff game on the line, Roxana rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Althoff Catholic Crusaders a 4-0 shutout. Four seems to be a good number for Roxana as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Althoff Catholic's batters probably weren't too happy with Mason Crump, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 16 Ks (he gave up three walks). Crump has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kael Hester, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Roxana is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-13 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 16-8-1.
Roxana will challenge St. Anthony at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Anthony: 2.8, Roxana: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. Althoff Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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