Marquette Catholic is 0-5 against Culver Academies since April of 2019 but things could change on Saturday. The Blazers will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Eagles at 12:00 p.m.
Marquette Catholic is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against River Forest on Thursday. They fell 7-2 to the Ingots.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Culver Academies ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Rochester 6-5. The victory was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on three straight.
Culver Academies let Trey Schumacher and Preston Jessen run wild. Schumacher went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI, while Jessen got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run. Schumacher is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Another player making a difference was Max Grundberg, who went 2-for-4 with one triple and one run.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Culver Academies kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive contests.
Culver Academies' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Marquette Catholic, they now have a losing record of 1-2.
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