Baseball Preview: Notre Dame (SO) Knights vs. St. Francis Golden Knights
Notre Dame (SO) is 9-1 against St. Francis since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Notre Dame (SO) Knights will head out on the road to face off against the St. Francis Golden Knights at 3:30 p.m. Notre Dame (SO)'s pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so St. Francis' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Notre Dame (SO) unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of St. Francis by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for Notre Dame (SO) seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Nate Kugler spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
Notre Dame (SO)'s loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7-1. As for St. Francis, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
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