St. Anthony Village lost against Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha back in April, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The St. Anthony Village Huskies took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates. The loss continues a trend for St. Anthony Village in their matchups with Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha: they've now lost three in a row.
For Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha's part, Ty Lovcik spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 11 Ks. Lovcik has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Beau Bratsch, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
St. Anthony Village's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
St. Anthony Village will head out on the road to take on Esko at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Esko: 2, St. Anthony Village: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha, they will head out on the road to face off against Spring Lake Park at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.3 runs per game this season.
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