It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Vel Phillips Memorial ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 win over the Sun Prairie East Cardinals. This was a revenge game for the Spartans: when they faced off against the Cardinals on Tuesday, they had to take a 2-0 defeat.
Vel Phillips Memorial got a great performance from Logan Lenz as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Oliver Soldat was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Brayden Banyai was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.
Spartans
| 04/24/25 @ Sun Prairie East | 7-5 |
| 04/17/25 @ Janesville Parker | 19-9 |
| 04/16/25 @ Sun Prairie West | 2-0 |
| 04/11/25 @ Madison East | 10-0 |
| 04/08/25 @ Sun Prairie West | 2-0 |
| 05/21/24 @ Madison West | 5-3 |
Vel Phillips Memorial pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.5 runs over those games. As for Sun Prairie East, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2.
Vel Phillips Memorial has already played their next matchup (against Sun Prairie), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Sun Prairie East, they will square off against Marquette University at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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