The Brother Rice Crusaders will challenge the Normal Community Ironmen at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Brother Rice 3, Normal Community 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Brother Rice heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Friday. They fell 4-1 to McHenry. The contest marked the Crusaders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Danny Sheehan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 13 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Brother Rice saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colin Campbell, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Normal Community faced Libertyville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Ironmen might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 2-1 to the Wildcats, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Ironmen have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Normal Community's defeat dropped their record down to 36-6. As for Brother Rice, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 36-4.
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