Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They had just enough and edged the South Bend St. Joseph Huskies out 4-2. This was payback for Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, who suffered an 11-7 loss the last time these two teams met.
Braxton Bermes made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Bermes has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Bermes was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Braden Aguirre tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Owen Zimmerman, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
On South Bend St. Joseph's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Franco Biffle, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, South Bend St. Joseph hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. This was only their first loss (out of five games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger pushed their record up to 15-7 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for South Bend St. Joseph, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger by a score of 5-1 later that day.
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