St. Rita is a perfect 3-0 against Leo since March of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Saturday. The Mustangs will look to defend their home field against the Lions at 11:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Rita has eight straight victories, Leo has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Rita's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Marmion 9-0. Considering the Mustangs have won seven games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Will Rewers
| 04/17/26 vs Marmion | 6 |
| 04/11/26 vs Marian Catholic | 4 |
| 04/06/26 @ Oak Forest | 4 |
| 03/21/26 @ Glenbrook North | 9 |
Will Rewers tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March.
On the hitting side, Danny Corona and Ryan Jones did most of the damage at the plate: Corona went a perfect 2-for-2 with four RBI and one run, while Jones went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Those two runs gave Jones a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Vinny Stubitsch, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Leo lost 10-1 to DePaul College Prep on Friday. The contest marked the Lions' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Leo saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joshua Richards, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Leo's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for St. Rita, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.
Everything went St. Rita's way against Leo when the teams last played back in April of 2023, as St. Rita made off with a 10-2 victory. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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