The Jesuit Marauders will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Bella Vista Broncos at 4:00 p.m. Jesuit is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
While Jesuit's victory against Oak Ridge wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Jesuit skirted past Oak Ridge 5-3.
Jesuit got a great performance from Cade Colombara as he struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Colombara has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cooper Babb was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI. Jordan Walczykowski was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, while it was Bella Vista who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Woodcreek who put up more. Bella Vista lost 9-3 to Woodcreek.
Bella Vista saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Longaker, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Jesuit has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10-1 record this season. As for Bella Vista, they dropped their record down to 15-8-1 with that loss, which was their third straight at home.
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