Baseball Preview: Salem Quakers vs. Ursuline Fighting Irish
The Salem Quakers will be playing at home against the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Ursuline took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Salem, who comes in off a win.
Ursuline is hoping to do on Saturday what Heartland Christian couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Salem's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Salem walked away with a 6-3 victory over Heartland Christian. That's two games straight that Salem has won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 22 runs the game before, Ursuline was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell just short of Harding by a score of 2-1.
Ursuline saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Kollar, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Salem has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-10 record this season. As for Ursuline, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 11-12.
Salem took their win against Ursuline in their previous matchup back in May of 2022 by a conclusive 10-0. Will Salem repeat their success, or does Ursuline have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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