The St. Patrick Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to challenge the Oak Grove Warriors at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Patrick will be strutting in after a win while Oak Grove will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, St. Patrick earned a 10-5 victory over Bay. The win continues a trend for the Fighting Irish in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.
Bennett Rimes
| 02/14/25 vs Bay | 6 |
| 03/12/24 @ Perry Central | 4 |
| 04/20/24 vs Magee | 2 |
| 03/20/24 vs Tylertown | 2 |
| 02/23/24 @ Pearl River Central | 2 |
Bennett Rimes made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Ayden Le and Eli Bowen did most of the damage at the plate: Le scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Bowen went 2-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. The dominant performance gave Bowen a new career-high in runs. Jasper Moran was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one triple and two RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Oak Grove was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Madison-Ridgeland Academy.
Oak Grove also got a good showing from Stratton Farmer, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits.
On the hitting side, Oak Grove saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gage Thompson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Oak Grove dropped their record down to 1-1 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for St. Patrick, their record is now 2-0.
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