The Padua Franciscan Bruins will head out on the road to square off against the Highland Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Padua Franciscan will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Padua Franciscan will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Padua Franciscan came out on top against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin by a score of 7-3 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Highland unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of Roosevelt by a score of 6-5.
Highland saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shane Cope, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. John Toth was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Padua Franciscan is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6-1 record this season. As for Highland, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
Padua Franciscan suffered a grim 18-5 defeat to Highland in their previous matchup back in April of 2021. Can Padua Franciscan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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