The third-longest win streak in high school baseball history came to an end Wednesday as
University Liggett (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) defeated
St. Mary's Prep (Orchard Lake, Mich.) 4-3 on a Preston Barr walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning.
St. Mary's Prep had won 84 straight games since falling to Saline 2-1 on April 30, 2021. The Eaglets were five wins away from tying the national record set by Portsmouth (N.H.) from 2009-12 and had a chance to tie the mark this weekend before falling to University Liggett.
The two-time defending Division 1 state champions had chances to win Wednesday as senior
Blake Grimmer hit his third home run of the season to give Prep a 3-2 lead. But Barr, who already had a first-inning RBI, laced the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the seventh for the walk-off double. The Knights came into the game ranked No. 14
in Michigan and improved to 9-4 with the
win.
St. Mary's Prep's 84-game win streak included back-to-back state titles, including a 1-0 win over Grosse Pointe North in last year's Division 1 state championship game. (Photo: Mariusz Nowak)
Following their last loss, the Eaglets won 20 straight in 2021, culminating with the state title and then ran the table in 2022 on their way to being crowned national champions. Those teams featured MaxPreps National Player of the Year Brock Porter, who was drafted by the Texas Rangers.
The signature win last season came in the state championship against
Grosse Pointe North (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) as the Eaglets scored the lone run of the game in the first inning of a 1-0 victory.
This season St. Mary's Prep is No. 4 in the MaxPreps Top 25 and won its first 18 games, including a 1-0 nine-inning victory over
Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), the No. 4 ranked team in Ohio.
Two of the Eaglets' 18 wins this season came against University Liggett as they outscored Knights by a combined 13 runs in an April 5 doubleheader.
