Baseball Game Preview: St. Mary's Gaels vs. St. Anthony's Friars

For the second straight game, St. Mary will face off against St. Anthony. The Gaels will square off against the Friars at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Mary's comes in still looking for their first win of the season.

Tuesday just wasn't the day for St. Mary's offense. They came up short against St. Anthony's on Tuesday, falling 23-0.

For St. Anthony's part, Luke Coats tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched.

On the hitting side, St. Anthony's got a massive performance out of Alex Bono, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and five RBI. Those five RBI gave Bono a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Carr, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs.

St. Anthony's always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .674. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The win made it two in a row for St. Anthony's and bumps their season record up to 7-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games. As for St. Mary's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.