Baseball Game Preview: Nordonia on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 12, 2024, 5:15am

Baseball Preview: Nordonia Knights vs. Benedictine Bengals

The Nordonia Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Benedictine Bengals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Nordonia's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Benedictine's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Last Friday, Nordonia beat Stow-Munroe Falls 8-3.

Jason Janosek looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, Gianni Covelli was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Dash Lanzilotta, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Benedictine's offense. They lost 6-0 to University School on Friday. Benedictine has not had much luck with University School recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Nordonia has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Benedictine, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps