Baseball Preview: Alexander Trojans vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Alexander Trojans will be playing at home against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, Alexander sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-7 victory over Attica. The win made it back-to-back victories for Alexander.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.6 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Braves a 1-0 shutout.
Notre Dame's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Adyn Horzempa, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
The victory got Alexander back to even at 2-2. As for Notre Dame, their win was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Alexander suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Alexander, Bryceton Berry (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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