Baseball Preview: Trinity Shamrocks vs. Shelby County Rockets
Trinity has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Shelby County Rockets at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Trinity's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Shelby County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Trinity's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over DuPont Manual.
Meanwhile, Shelby County earned a 3-0 victory over Collins on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Shelby County.
Not much got past Jack Wills, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Collins off the board.
On the hitting side, Shelby County's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jack Stewart, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Trinity has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-4 record this season. As for Shelby County, their victory bumped their record up to 9-14.
Trinity skirted past Shelby County 4-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Trinity since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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