The St. Elizabeth Hornets will be playing at home against the Russellville Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Elizabeth has five straight wins, Russellville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Elizabeth can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Calvary Lutheran as St. Elizabeth made off with a 13-2 victory.
Brayden Kempker looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gavin Williams, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. He hasn't dropped below three RBI for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Green, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, while it was Russellville who put the first points on the board on Tuesday, it was Linn who put up more. Russellville took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Linn.
St. Elizabeth is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Russellville, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.
St. Elizabeth took their win against Russellville when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 15-4. Does St. Elizabeth have another victory up their sleeve, or will Russellville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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