Crescent City Sports to live stream District 9-5A baseball doubleheader Tuesday

NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Sports’ live streaming coverage of high school sports continues Tuesday with a high-profile District 9-5A baseball doubleheader from New Orleans’ “home of baseball,” Kirsch-Rooney Stadium.

Holy Cross faces Jesuit at 4 p.m., followed by a showdown for first place in the Catholic League between Archbishop Rummel and Brother Martin at 7:30. Coverage will begin 10 minutes before first pitch of each game with CCS’ Ken Trahan and former major-leaguer Kirk Bullinger describing the action.

The Tigers (12-10, 5-4) defeated the Blue Jays (16-10, 4-4 prior to Monday’s game vs Karr) in the opener of their two-game series on Saturday, 4-0. Recent history would suggest a Jesuit bounce-back, as there has only been one regular-season sweep in the series since 2015 – by Jesuit two years ago.

The Raiders (17-7, 7-2) have just a half-game lead in the district standings over the Crusaders (18-8, 7-3) after a 3-1 Brother Martin victory in the series opener Saturday night. Unlike the Holy Cross-Jesuit series, sweeps have been more common of late in this rivalry, with only the 2015 and 2022 seasons producing a series split over the last decade.

In the latest Division I select unofficial power rankings at GeauxPreps.com, Rummel is fifth, Brother Martin sixth, Jesuit ninth and Holy Cross 12th. The top 12 teams in the power rankings get first-round byes in the 20-team Division I select playoff bracket, which will be unveiled a week from Tuesday. A top-eight seed would ensure hosting a second-round series and a top-four seed would lock up a host spot for a quarterfinal series.

The Crescent City Sports team is in its 13th season of producing live broadcasts for television and internet, having produced nearly 500 live streams since 2012, and is continuing its extensive commitment to prep sports coverage on its website for 2023-24. All written and video content on CCS is always free and does not require a subscription.