The Belleville East Lancers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the St. Anthony Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Belleville East: 2.9, St. Anthony: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Belleville East will bounce into Friday's game after beating Breese Central, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Belleville East narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Breese Central 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Belleville East.
Dawson Vernier looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Belleville East's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Kramkowski, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, St. Anthony's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Father McGivney Catholic by a score of 7-6.
Belleville East's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-10. As for St. Anthony, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 18-2-1.
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