The Briarcrest Christian Saints have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Christian Brothers Purple Wave at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Briarcrest Christian: 3.5, Christian Brothers: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Briarcrest Christian's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Memphis University School as Briarcrest Christian made off with a 12-0 victory. With that win, Briarcrest Christian brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Jack Gleason tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tripp Ray, who went 3-for-3 with a home run and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Houston Walker, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Christian Brothers faced Briarcrest Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Christian Brothers skirted past Briarcrest Christian 6-5. Winning may never get old, but Christian Brothers sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Briarcrest Christian's victory bumped their record up to 21-13. As for Christian Brothers, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
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