Marquette Catholic is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Southwestern is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Marquette Catholic Explorers will take on the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Marquette Catholic lost 12-2 to Triad on Saturday. Marquette Catholic has not had much luck with Triad recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Marquette Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joe Stephan, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, while Southwestern put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for East Alton-Wood River. Everything went Southwestern's way against East Alton-Wood River as Southwestern made off with a 7-0 victory.
Southwestern let Parker LeMarr and Hunter Newell loose on the outfield. LeMarr scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Newell scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Marquette Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 13-15. As for Southwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Marquette Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Southwestern struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Marquette Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Southwestern in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southwestern's Marcus Payne, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Marquette Catholic still be able to contain Payne? There's only one way to find out.
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