Baseball Preview: Ursuline Fighting Irish vs. Canfield Cardinals
Ursuline is on a four-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Canfield is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Ursuline Fighting Irish will take on the Canfield Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ursuline is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Heartland Christian with a sharp 14-1 victory on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Ursuline with their most commanding win of the season.
Johnny Cambert was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Cambert was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, CJ Frasco was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Rowan Urbach, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Canfield owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Howland and snuck past 2-0.
Not much got past Michael Patellis, who gave up just three hits to keep Howland off the board.
On the hitting side, Canfield saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Mancini, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Patellis, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Ursuline's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Canfield, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
Ursuline was able to grind out a solid win over Canfield when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 5-2. Will Ursuline repeat their success, or does Canfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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