The St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws will head out on the road to face off against the Forrest County Agricultural Aggies at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
St. Stanislaus gave up the first runs on Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged out Pleasure Ridge Park 9-8. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Rock-a-Chaws have posted since April 12, 2024.
Brooks Ilgenfritz
| 04/03/25 vs Pleasure Ridge Park | 3 |
| 03/21/25 @ St. Patrick | 2 |
| 03/27/25 @ Tylertown | 1 |
| 03/27/25 @ Tylertown | 1 |
| 03/22/25 vs Petal | 1 |
St. Stanislaus let Brooks Ilgenfritz and Cole Shirley run wild. Ilgenfritz went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one double, while Shirley scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those three hits gave Ilgenfritz a new career-high. Henry Nunmaker was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
St. Stanislaus always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forrest County Agricultural). They skirted past Sumrall 15-13. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Aggies as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Sean Walker and Landen Grice did most of the damage at the plate: Walker scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Grice scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Grice has become a key player for Forrest County Agricultural: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 7-9 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Norman, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
St. Stanislaus is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Forrest County Agricultural, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
St. Stanislaus was able to grind out a solid victory over Forrest County Agricultural in their previous matchup back in February of 2020, winning 8-5. Will the Rock-a-Chaws repeat their success, or do the Aggies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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