The Southwestern Piasa Birds will head out on the road to face off against the Marquette Catholic Explorers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Southwestern is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
Southwestern's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on East Alton-Wood River with a sharp 7-0 win.
Parker LeMarr and Hunter Newell did most of the damage at the plate: 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 lost 12-2 to Triad on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for Marquette Catholic in their matchups with Triad: they've now lost eight in a row.
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.
Southwestern is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. As for Marquette Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-15.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Southwestern has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Marquette Catholic 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. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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