Baseball Preview: Ursuline Fighting Irish vs. Cardinal Mooney Cardinals
The Ursuline Fighting Irish will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Cardinal Mooney took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Ursuline, who comes in off a win.
Ursuline is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Wednesday, just like they did against South Range (and have done all season long). Ursuline blew past South Range 12-4. 12 seems to be a good number for Ursuline as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Johnny Cambert made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off eight hits. Cambert has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Cambert was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Ursuline got a massive performance out of Anthony Triveri, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Luke Kollar, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Mooney was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 15-0 to Canton Central Catholic.
Ursuline is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Cardinal Mooney, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Ursuline couldn't quite finish off Cardinal Mooney in their previous meeting back in April and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cardinal Mooney's Jonathan Brenner, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Ursuline knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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