Baseball Recap: St. Marys Triumphs

St. Marys won the last time they faced Clarion-Limestone and things went their way on Friday too. The Flying Dutch came out on top against the Lions by a score of 10-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Flying Dutch.

Mason Nicklas

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/09/25 vs Clarion-Limestone	6
03/29/25 vs Warren	5
03/24/25 @ Brockway	5
05/13/24 vs Bradford	5
04/26/25 @ DuBois Central Catholic	2

Mason Nicklas made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and one double. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season.

In other batting news, Ben Reynolds was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of St. Marys' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-1 (and 5-7 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Louie Nedzinski, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

St. Marys was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Clarion-Limestone only posted a batting average of .192.

St. Marys now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Clarion-Limestone, they moved to 5-9 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

St. Marys has already played their next match, a 13-4 victory against Bradford on the 12th. As for Clarion-Limestone, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 4-3 defeat against Keystone on the 12th.