Baseball Report: Rummel gets even with St. Aug with Senior Day win

It was a tough pill to swallow.

After a very good start to the season, Archbishop Rummel hit the skids of late, losing six of its last eight games to drop significantly in the Division I power rankings. One of the most recent defeats was a 4-3 loss to St. Augustine on Tuesday at RBI Field at Wesley Barrow Stadium.

The Raiders celebrated Senior Day Thursday by ending the skid with a convincing 8-1 victory over St. Augustine at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium.

Rummel started its offense quickly, putting up five runs in the bottom of the first inning. After the Purple Knights scored a run in the top of the second to make it 5-1, the Raiders scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to pull away.

Hayden Elwell pitched an outstanding game for Rummel (17-15, 4-8), hurling a two-hitter while striking out four. Jake Fury and Kade Rivera each drove in a pair of runs while UNO signee Evan Francioni and Chandler Fields each had two hits to pace a seven-hit attack. Dwayne McGill took the loss for the Purple Knights (16-16, 3-9). Kenya Huggins drove in the lone run for St. Aug and also pitched three innings.

Raiders coach Nick Monica was relieved to get a win.

“Injuries and youth have caught up with us,” Monica said. “It’s hard to find consistency. We’ve had games where we’ve shown up and looked like a very good team and we’ve had shaky moments where we needed to be better. I’m glad for the seniors that they were able to win on Senior night. I’m looking forward to next week to get back to practice and start from the beginning.”

Rummel closes its regular season Saturday at 11 a.m. against District 7-5A champion Central Lafourche. St. Augustine will host Southern Lab this evening at 6 p.m. at RBI Field/Wesley Barrow Stadium.

Based on power rankings, the Raiders may very well see the Purple Knights again in the regional round of the Division I playoffs as Rummel looks pretty certain to be the seventh seed while St. Augustine appears likely to finish as the 10th seed.

Final
St. Aug    010 000 0 —  1   2   1
Rummel  511 100 x  — 8   7   0

Area Prep Baseball Results from Thursday, Apr. 19

New Orleans Area

Distrrict 10-4A Championship Game

Riverdale 9, Carver 4

Others:

Archbishop Hannan 18, Bogalusa 2

Archbishop Rummel 8, St. Augustine 1

Brother Martin 6, Archbishop Shaw 5

Country Day 6, Bonnabel 2

Covenant Christian 12, Ecole Classique 2

Helen Cox 8, South Plaquemines 2

De La Salle 13, Donaldsonville 1

Haynes 12, Lusher 2

Thomas Jefferson 23, KIPP Renaissance 7

Lakeshore 7, Pearl River 1

Loranger 5, Albany 4

Newman 19, Fisher 0

Salmen 6, Franklinton 1

St. Charles Catholic 9, St. James 2

St. Martin’s Episcopal 16, Varnado 4

St. Thomas Aquinas 7, Doyle 6

Baton Rouge Area

Brusly 15, Madison Prep 0

Catholic (BR) 18, Broadmoor 0

The Church Academy 11, Northeast 5

Denham Springs 5, Walker 1

Dutchtown 13, McKinley 1 (game one)

Dutchtown 11, McKinley 0 (game two)

Family Christian 6, Plainview 5

Live Oak 7, Central 2

Livonia 12, Beau Chene 8

Lutcher 11, Plaquemine 0

Mount Hermon 5, Maurepas 4

Runnels 8, Holden 7

Springfield 6, French Settlement 0

St. Amant 4, East Ascension 2

St. John 3, Catholic (PC) 2

St. Michael 15, Tara 0

University Lab 6, West Feliciana 1

Zachary 16, Scotlandville 0

Bayou Area

Ascension Episcopal 17, West St. Mary 2

Catholic (NI) 19, Franklin 1

Central Lafourche 12, Thibodaux 2

Morgan City 6, Assumption 4

Vermilion Catholic 12, Central Catholic 5

E.D. White Catholic 9, Vandebilt Catholic 3

Area Prep Baseball Schedule for Friday, Apr. 20

New Orleans Area

District 9-2A

Amite at Pope John Paul II, 4 p.m. (DH)

Independence at Northlake Christian, 4 p.m. (DH)

Non-district

Chalmette vs. Jesuit, 6:30 p.m. at John Ryan Stadium

Country Day at Higgins, 4 p.m. at Westwego Playground

Crescent City Christian at Carver, 4 p.m.

Donaldsonville at Grand Isle, 4 p.m. (DH)

East St. John at Houma Christian, 4 p.m.

Ben Franklin at St. Martin’s Episcopal, 4 p.m.

Franklinton at Albany, 6 p.m.

Grace King vs. Archbishop Hannan, 6:30 p.m. at Coquille Park

Northshore at Riverside Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Salmen at Fontainebleau, 6:30 p.m.

Southern Lab at St. Augustine, 6 p.m. at RBI Field/Wesley Barrow Stadium

Patrick Taylor at East Jefferson, 4 p.m.

West St. John vs. Karr, 4 p.m. at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium

Baton Rouge Area

Avoyelles at Woodlawn (BR), 4 p.m.

Kentwood at Holden, 4 p.m.

Marksville at False River, 4:30 p.m.

Northwest at Franklin, 4 p.m.

Plaquemine at St. John, 7 p.m.

Sacred Heart (VP)at Catholic (PC), 4:30 p.m.

Bayou Area

Centerville at Highland Baptist, 6 p.m.

Glenmora at South Lafourche, 6:30 p.m.

Walker at H.L. Bourgeois, 4 p.m.