St. John was the 4-2 winner over Houston Christian when they last played one another last Thursday, but their luck changed this time around. The St. John's Mavericks took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Houston Christian Mustangs on Friday.
For Houston Christian's part, Jake Chenoweth and Will Jackson dominated on the mound. Chenoweth tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk), while Jackson tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kaden Worley, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
St. John's loss dropped their record down to 15-4-1. As for Houston Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9-1 record this season.
St. John's will head out on the road to square off against Cooper at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. John's is facing Cooper at the right time seeing as Cooper is stuck on an 11-game losing streak. As for Houston Christian, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Episcopal at 12:00 p.m. Houston Christian's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Episcopal's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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