Baseball Recap: Ursuline Finds Home Field Redemption Against Mckinley

There's no place like home for Ursuline, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against the McKinley Red Dragons on Saturday as they made off with a 7-0 victory. The Fighting Irish not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since April 23rd (when they won 16-7).

Rowan Urbach made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April of 2024.

Anthony Triveri

Runs

05/24/25 vs McKinley	2
04/30/25 vs East Palestine	2
04/28/25 vs Salem	2
04/26/25 @ Marlington	2
04/24/25 vs Struthers	2
+ 12 more games

In other batting news, Anthony Triveri was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Ursuline's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 8-11 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Joe Balog, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one RBI.

Ursuline's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-11. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for McKinley, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-21.

As of now, neither Ursuline nor the Red Dragons have any future games scheduled.