The Martin Luther Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Big Foot Chiefs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Martin Luther beats Big Foot with eight runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Martin Luther's pitchers stepped up to hand St. Catherine's an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Martin Luther has won by exactly eight runs.
Jackson Boeshaar made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Boeshaar was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Michael Winter, who went 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Dierk Leibsle was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Meanwhile, everything went Big Foot's way against Monroe on Monday as Big Foot made off with a 7-1 victory.
Martin Luther's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-13. As for Big Foot, their victory bumped their record up to 7-15.
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