St. Thomas More put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Racine Lutheran/Prairie Crusaders as the St. Thomas More Cavaliers made off with an 18-8 win. Winning may never get old, but St. Thomas More sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Oliver Gonzalez made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Gonzalez was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, St. Thomas More got a massive performance out of Brady Johnson, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. Johnny Kendzierski was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Racine Lutheran/Prairie's side, Eli Gasau made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Spencer Knoell, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Racine Lutheran/Prairie was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .433. That's the best batting average they've managed all season.
St. Thomas More pushed their record up to 12-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Racine Lutheran/Prairie, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
St. Thomas More will play host again on Wednesday to welcome Arrowhead, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. St. Thomas More is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season. As for Racine Lutheran/Prairie, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against St. Thomas More at 7:00 p.m. Racine Lutheran/Prairie has given up an average of 9.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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