The Marquette Redmen will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Sault Area Blue Devils at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, it was close, but Marquette sidestepped Gladstone for a 4-3 win.
Marquette saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ian Sheltrow, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Sault Area entered their tilt with Escanaba with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Eskymos a 4-0 shutout on Saturday.
Marquette's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-8. As for Sault Area, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Marquette came up short against Sault Area in their previous matchup back in April, falling 7-3. Can Marquette avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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