Prep Baseball: Chalmette, Brother Martin victorious Monday

Posted: Mar 29, 2021 / 09:47 PM EDT

Updated: Mar 29, 2021 / 09:47 PM EDT

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NEW ORLEANS — The Brother Martin Crusaders and St. Aug Purple Knights met Monday at Kirsch-Rooney for a Catholic League showdown.

Through 4 innings, the Crusaders led by as much as 6-2.

The Purple Knights come roaring back to tie things up at 6 and send the game into extra innings.

Top 5, @StAugnola ties it. Singles by Ryan Stripling, Jardy Montgomery, error scores one, 2-run double by Kabrel Johnson makes it 6-5, RBI single by Jeffrey Duroncelay ties @bmartinbaseball 6-6 going to bottom of 5th. @CCSdaily @BMHSCrusaders @purpleknightsp1 @TheSaderSection
— Ken Trahan (@kentrahan) March 30, 2021

The Crusaders would pull it out, 7-6 in 9 innings.

🚨FINAL🚨

St Aug 6 – BrM ⚾️ 7 (9)

Next Up:
BrM (13-6, 1-1) vs Rummel
Tuesday, March 30
Kirsch Rooney Stadium
First Pitch: 7:00pm
— BrM Student Section (@TheSaderSection) March 30, 2021

Earlier Monday afternoon, the East Jefferson Warriors hosted Chalmette for a district 8-5A matchup that was rescheduled from last week because of inclement weather.

The Owls’ bats came alive early, scoring 8 runs through 3 innings.

Chalmette would go on to win, 10-4.