Baseball Preview: Sacred Heart Crusaders vs. Nanih Waiya Warriors
The Sacred Heart Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Nanih Waiya Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sacred Heart will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Friday, then bounced right back against Moss Point on Monday. Sacred Heart put the hurt on Moss Point with a sharp 14-4 victory.
Kyron Murphy made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Murphy was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Colter Garner and Jack Hasselbring did most of the damage at the plate: Garner scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Hasselbring scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Darren Brown was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Nanih Waiya waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Tornadoes as they made off with a 14-5 win.
Like Sacred Heart, Nanih Waiya also got a great game from a two-way player: Walt McLendon. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. McLendon was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kaleb Davis and Kade Massey did most of the damage at the plate: Davis scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Massey scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Massey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jake Vick, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Sacred Heart is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Nanih Waiya, they pushed their record up to 13-7-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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