The Creighton Prep Junior Jays will square off against the Millard South Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Creighton Prep is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Millard West on Thursday. They fell 5-1 to the Wildcats. The matchup marked the Junior Jays' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Creighton Prep saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liam Smithberg, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double was Smithberg's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Millard South put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Papillion-LaVista with a sharp 11-1 win. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by ten runs or more this season.
Jaxson Appuhn was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Logan Wick was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Millard South was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Papillion-LaVista only posted a batting average of .067.
Millard South's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Creighton Prep, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-4.
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