The Keswick Christian Crusaders will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders at 4:30 p.m. Keswick Christian will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Keswick Christian put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Lakeside Christian a 13-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Keswick Christian considering their two-run performance the game before.
Ephram Lockwood looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Conner Russell was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Jacob Levesque was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, Clearwater Central Catholic was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They fell just short of St. Petersburg by a score of 3-1.
Brady Josephs was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Clearwater Central Catholic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Petersburg only tossed two.
Keswick Christian's win bumped their record up to 10-11. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.
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