In the first of three games this past weekend, the Crusaders were dominating with a stellar performance on the mound beating St. Amant 6-0. Brother Martin never trailed after scoring two runs in the first on two singles. Owen Magee racked up two RBIs on two hits for the Crusaders, with a single in the first inning and a triple in the third inning. The Crusaders scored three runs in the seventh with the help of a walk by Peyton Senner and a passed ball. Jonathan Ebersole kept St. Amant off the board during his six innings of work striking out three and allowing just three walks and three hits.
Brother Martin dropped the second game 5-1 to Dutchtown. Gregory Deichmann did all he could to help give the Crusaders the boost they needed. Deichmann led the Crusaders’ offensive threat, as he got on base two times in the game. He scored one run and had one RBI off a home run in the fourth inning.
In the third game, Brother Martin beat East Ascension 14-6 in seven innings after an eight-run explosion in the seventh inning. East Ascension jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first after a single and error scored two runs. The Crusaders fought back and never surrendered after taking the lead in the third inning, scoring two runs on two doubles.
Brother Martin tacked on another two runs in the sixth. An error scored Magee to start the scoring in the inning and was followed up by Blake Battle’s single, bringing home Boucvalt.
Owen Magee had four extra-base hits for Crusaders. He doubled in the second, third, sixth, and seventh innings and singled in the seventh inning as well. Cody Ducote, Gregory Deichmann, Magee and Andrew Boucvalt helped lead Crusaders. They combined for 11 hits and 10 RBIs.
Jarett Gongora got the win for Crusaders. He allowed two runs over 2 2/3 innings. Gongora struck out three, walked three and gave up one hit.
