The Start Spartans will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Cardinal Stritch Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Start is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Start lost 11-4 to Lima Senior on Wednesday.
Jalyn Brown was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Anthony St Claire was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Stritch had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Blue Jackets out 2-1. That's two games straight that Cardinal Stritch has won by just one run.
Start's defeat dropped their record down to 15-10. As for Cardinal Stritch, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Start beat Cardinal Stritch 9-4 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Does Start have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cardinal Stritch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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