The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither St. Joseph nor Lakeview made it on the board until the sixth inning. The Bears never let the Spartans get on the board and left with a 2-0 win. For the Bears, this counts as revenge for the 7-4 victory the Spartans walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2024.
St. Joseph got a great performance from Ryan Buist as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Buist also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Bears are 4-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 8-13-1 otherwise.
Jacob Gonzales
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At the plate, St. Joseph saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Gonzales, who went 3-for-4 with one run. Those three hits gave Gonzales a new career-high.
St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 12-14-1. As for Lakeview, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-15.
St. Joseph will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Spartans: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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