The Marian Catholic Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Thompson Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Marian Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so Thompson's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Marian Catholic fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Oakland on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Spartans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Jazarris Mackmore made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Joe Baranski, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Thompson got the win against Whitney Young on Tuesday by a conclusive 13-5. Considering the Warriors have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Thompson pushed their record up to 21-10 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Marian Catholic, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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