The Badger Braves will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the St. John Fighting Herald at 4:30 p.m. Badger has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight defeats, while St. John will come in with four straight victories.
Badger is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Chalker by a score of 14-13 on Tuesday.
Badger got a big performance out of Jared Schmidt, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Lewis Flowers, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Badger kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, St. John won against Chalker on Wednesday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. St. John walked away with an 11-6 win over Pymatuning Valley. With that victory, St. John brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Will Anderson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Anderson was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, St. John got a massive performance out of Brady Cole, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Anthony Severino was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4.
Badger's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for St. John, they pushed their record up to 5-3 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
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