The St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans will head out to square off against the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Joseph-Ogden's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Mahomet-Seymour's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
St. Joseph-Ogden is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Monticello on Monday. They fell just short of the Sages by a score of 3-2. The Spartans' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mahomet-Seymour). They blew past MacArthur 19-0 on Monday. The Bulldogs have beaten the Generals the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Generals has come to flipping the script.
Mahomet-Seymour's win bumped their record up to 10-13. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-8.
Everything went St. Joseph-Ogden's way against Mahomet-Seymour when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as St. Joseph-Ogden made off with an 11-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans 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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