St. Francis's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Glen Lake Lakers a 4-0 shutout. The Gladiators haven't had any issues with the Lakers recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Not much got past Tyler Endres, who gave up just four hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Glen Lake off the board. Endres has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Matthew Kane, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Braxton Lesinski, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Gladiators
| 05/10/25 @ Glen Lake | 4-0 |
| 05/05/25 @ Traverse City Christian | 8-0 |
| 05/03/25 @ Alpena | 6-5 |
| 04/26/25 @ Big Rapids | 4-1 |
| 04/26/25 @ Big Rapids | 6-1 |
| 04/24/25 @ Petoskey | 2-1 |
St. Francis' victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Glen Lake, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-3.
Coincidentally, St. Francis and Glen Lake will both be playing West Catholic the next time they take the field. The Lakers will host the Falcons at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, while the Gladiators will play them later in the day, at 12:00 p.m.
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