The Fenwick Friars will head out to take on the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Fenwick will be strutting in after a win while Riverside-Brookfield will be coming in after a loss.
Fenwick was handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Saint Ignatius College Prep 4-3.
Matt Purta
| 04/08/25 vs St. Rita | 4 |
| 04/01/25 vs Berwyn/Cicero Morton | 3 |
| 04/22/25 vs Saint Ignatius College Prep | 1 |
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Matt Purta tossed a big game, tossing 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Fenwick is 3-1 when Purta allows one or fewer earned runs, but 4-6-1 otherwise.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Riverside-Brookfield's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of Montini Catholic.
The victory got Fenwick back to even at 7-7-1. As for Riverside-Brookfield, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.
Fenwick suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Riverside-Brookfield when the teams last played back in May of 2021. Can the Friars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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