Baseball Preview: St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish vs. Nordonia Knights
The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will head out on the road to take on the Nordonia Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Vincent-St. Mary is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
St. Vincent-St. Mary fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Perry on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 10-9.
Will Tober was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Tyler Slone made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Christie, who went 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Nordonia had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past the Bulldogs 10-9.
Drew Leffel was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Owen Smotek, who went 1-for-4 with two runs and a triple.
St. Vincent-St. Mary's defeat dropped their record down to 14-4. As for Nordonia, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Both the two teams just can't seem to miss. St. Vincent-St. Mary has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.2 hits per game. However, it's not like Nordonia struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 5.5. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
St. Vincent-St. Mary suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Nordonia in their previous meeting back in April of 2018. Can St. Vincent-St. Mary avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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