The St. Francis Spartans are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Saint Viator Lions at 4:30 p.m. St. Francis' pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Saint Viator's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
St. Francis will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 13) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-8 win over Trinity.
Meanwhile, Saint Viator was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 15-3 to Crystal Lake Central.
Saint Viator saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maggie Ratzki, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
St. Francis is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season. As for Saint Viator, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-18.
Everything went St. Francis' way against Saint Viator when the teams last played back in April of 2016 as St. Francis made off with an 11-2 victory. Does St. Francis have another victory up their sleeve, or will Saint Viator turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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