Jesuit has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Calvary Christian Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Jesuit is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: IMG Academy, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Jesuit was ranked 18th). Jesuit came out on top in a nail-biter against IMG Academy on Tuesday and snuck past 2-1.
McCall Biemiller tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 15 over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jesuit saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was DJ Pirela, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Calvary Christian's offense. They fell just short of Palm Harbor University by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that Calvary Christian has lost by just one run.
Jesuit's victory bumped their record up to 14-6. As for Calvary Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-3.
Everything went Jesuit's way against Calvary Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Jesuit made off with a 15-9 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jesuit since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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