The Archbishop Moeller Fighting Crusaders will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the St. Xavier Bombers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Archbishop Moeller has 33 straight victories, St. Xavier has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Archbishop Moeller needed a bit of extra time to put away Indian Hill. They beat the Braves by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-6.
Meanwhile, St. Xavier might've scored the first runs on Monday, but it was Archbishop Moeller who claimed the real prize. St. Xavier fell just short of Archbishop Moeller by a score of 7-6.
Michael Zipperer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3. Jack O'malley was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Archbishop Moeller's win was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-0. As for St. Xavier, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
Archbishop Moeller skirted past St. Xavier 7-6 in their previous matchup on Monday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was St. Xavier's Jack Ryan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Archbishop Moeller still be able to contain Ryan? There's only one way to find out.
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