The Briarcrest Christian Saints will venture away from home to challenge the St. Rita Mustangs at 11:00 a.m. on Friday. Briarcrest Christian's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so St. Rita's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Briarcrest Christian's offense. They fell just short of Providence Christian Academy by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. The Saints' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Briarcrest Christian got a good showing from Lance Bryan, who didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. That's the fewest hits Bryan has allowed over his last four matchups.
On the hitting side, Briarcrest Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Photopulos, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
St. Rita played against Lakewood on Thursday and won via forfeit.
For St. Rita's part, Ben Bubacz tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
The victory got St. Rita back to even at 2-2. As for Briarcrest Christian, they now have a losing record of 6-7.
Briarcrest Christian suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to St. Rita in their previous matchup back in March of 2017. Can Briarcrest Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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