Evansville Reitz had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats. That's two games straight that Evansville Reitz has won by exactly three runs.
Evansville Reitz saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Owen Cape, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Evansville Mater Dei didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Evansville Reitz only tossed four.
Evansville Reitz has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-12 record this season. As for Evansville Mater Dei, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 15-10.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Evansville Reitz will challenge Evansville Memorial at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Evansville Memorial's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Evansville Reitz's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Evansville Mater Dei, they will head out on the road to face off against Gibson Southern at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Evansville Mater Dei: 3.1, Gibson Southern: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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