Baseball Preview: Canisius Crusaders vs. Iroquois Redhawks
Canisius has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Iroquois Redhawks at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Canisius is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Bishop Timon-St. Jude on Friday as Canisius made off with a 10-1 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Jack Steiner looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Vito Verni, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Josh Monti was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Iroquois gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They blew past Cheektowaga 14-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Iroquois.
Canisius pushed their record up to 4-6 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Iroquois, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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