Culver Academies waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Triton Trojans as they made off with a 17-1 victory. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Trojans, too.
Jak Chaney looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

Max Grundberg
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At the plate, Culver Academies got a massive performance out of Max Grundberg, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, one triple, and one double. Those four runs gave Grundberg a new career-high. Tommy Kelley also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Culver Academies always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .574 or higher in three consecutive games.
Culver Academies pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Triton, they moved to 15-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Culver Academies will head out to square off against North Judson-San Pierre at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Triton, they will take on Marquette Catholic at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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