Baseball Preview: Perrysburg Yellow Jackets vs. St. Francis de Sales Knights
Perrysburg has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the St. Francis de Sales Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Perrysburg: 3.2, St. Francis de Sales: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Perrysburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Southview by a score of 5-1.
Perrysburg got a great performance from Parker Faris as he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Faris has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Perrysburg's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Matt Hubbard, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Francis de Sales had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 9-1 win.
The team relied heavily on Nick Hood, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Andrew Tucker, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Perrysburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-7 record this season. As for St. Francis de Sales, their victory bumped their record up to 19-11.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Perrysburg has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like St. Francis de Sales struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Perrysburg beat St. Francis de Sales 5-2 in their previous matchup back in May of 2022. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Francis de Sales' Josiah Erd, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for Perrysburg to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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