Baseball Preview: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Preston Knights
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will head out on the road to square off against the Preston Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Notre Dame will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Last Monday, everything went Notre Dame's way against Clay-Battelle as Notre Dame made off with an 11-2 win.
Cole Goldizen was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits (and only one walk). Goldizen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Preston Heslep was incredible, going 4-for-5 with six RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Dominick Bombardiere, who scored three runs while going 4-for-5.
Meanwhile, Preston had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Bees.
Like Notre Dame, Preston also got a great game from a two-way player: Brady McNew. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. McNew was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
McNew wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Robbie Lowe, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Notre Dame's win ended a 13-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-15. As for Preston, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season.
Notre Dame might still be hurting after the 16-4 defeat they got from Preston when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Notre Dame avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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