For the second straight game, St. Francis will face off against Marmion. The Spartans will welcome the Cadets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Francis is coming into the match hot, having won their last 16 games.
St. Francis proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Marmion 8-6.
For Marmion's part, Charlie Schweiner was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. That's the fewest earned runs Schweiner has allowed since back in March.
At the plate, Marmion saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trajan Storto-Featherson, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Ethan Flores was another, going 3-for-5 with one stolen base and one run.
St. Francis pushed their record up to 20-3 with the victory, which was their 12th straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Marmion, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 16-10-1 record.
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