Baseball Preview: St. Francis Red Raiders vs. Canisius Crusaders
The St. Francis Red Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Canisius Crusaders at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Francis will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
St. Francis will head out to face Canisius after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. St. Francis might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-3 to Canisius, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Noah Albano was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, St. Francis saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Bienko, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Jack Homer, who scored two runs and stole a base.
Even though they lost, St. Francis didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Canisius only tossed five.
St. Francis' defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-6. As for Canisius, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
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