The Seward Bluejays will square off against the Mount Michael Benedictine Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Seward has six straight wins, Mount Michael Benedictine has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Seward's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Crete as they made off with a 6-0 victory.
Seward's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Connor Sveeggen, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Layne Luebbe also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Meanwhile, Mount Michael Benedictine fell victim to Waverly and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 1-0.
Kyle Oldehoeft spent all 7.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered a run (which was unearned) on three hits.
Seward's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Mount Michael Benedictine, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Seward couldn't quite finish off Mount Michael Benedictine when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Can the Bluejays avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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