The Purcell Marian Cavaliers will face off against the Mariemont Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Purcell Marian will be strutting in after a win while Mariemont will be coming in after a loss.
If Purcell Marian beats Mariemont with five runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Cavaliers narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past New Richmond 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cavaliers.
Meanwhile, Mariemont didn't have quite enough to beat Reading on Wednesday and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Warriors have lost by exactly two runs.
This is the second loss in a row for Mariemont and nudges their season record down to 6-5. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Purcell Marian, their win bumped their record up to 4-9.
Purcell Marian skirted past Mariemont 3-2 in their previous matchup back in May of 2018. Do the Cavaliers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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