Maplewood Richmond Heights followed to McCluer on Wednesday with a disappointing loss to St. Louis University High (SLUH) on Thursday. SLUH held the Blue Devils (0-2) to three hits in a 11-1 blowout in five innings.
But a challenging nonconference schedule is important to prepare for conference play, said coach Jonathan Webb.
"We'll be better for it. It's good for us to face a team like this," he said. "This is a real quality team."
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Senior Kevin Sapp went 2-3 with a single and double and collected the team's only RBI while sophomore Montel Maggitt (1-1) chipped in with another single.
KaShon Hagens went 0-2 with a walk and run; Charles BoClair went 0-1 with two walks; and David Kunce went 0-1 with a walk. Dominic Campanella (0-2), Tony Biedenstein (0-2), Brad Swedlund (0-2), Sam Martin (0-2) and Richard Rasmussen (0-1) were all hitless.
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Biedenstein gave up four hits and nine runs (six earned) with two strikeouts and seven walks over 2 2/3 innings. Rasmussen pitched 1 1/3 innings and gave up three hits and two runs with one strikeout and walk.
MRH will travel to John Burroughs for a 4:15 p.m. game on Wednesday, March 30.
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