The Xavier Saints will square off against the Pella Dutch on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Xavier sitting on six straight victories and Pella on five.
Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Bondurant-Farrar, who was ranked 24th at the time (Xavier was ranked second). The Saints' pitchers stepped up to hand the Bluejays a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give the Saints' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Pella put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's fifth consecutive shutout on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Gilbert.
Xavier's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 37-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Pella, their victory bumped their record up to 23-12.
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