Baseball Preview: Fisher Catholic Irish vs. Millersport Lakers
The Fisher Catholic Irish will head out on the road to face off against the Millersport Lakers at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Fisher Catholic is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
Fisher Catholic fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Bishop Rosecrans on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bishops by a score of 8-7.
Simon Messerly made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Huber, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Millersport unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. Their tough 12-2 loss to Berne Union might stick with them for a while. Having soared to a lofty 27 runs in the game before, Millersport couldn't push the score so high this time.
Fisher Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Millersport, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Fisher Catholic couldn't quite finish off Millersport in their previous meeting on April 3rd and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Millersport's Brendan Jakeway, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Fisher Catholic 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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