Baseball Preview: Holy Cross Crusaders vs. Riverside Vikings
After three games on the road, Holy Cross is heading back home. They will take on the Riverside Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Wednesday, it was a hard-fought game, but Holy Cross had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Lakeland. Holy Cross has struggled against Lakeland recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Joseph Lalli was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Piestrak, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Riverside put up some runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Western Wayne. Riverside walked away with a 3-0 victory over Western Wayne. The win made it back-to-back victories for Riverside.
Holy Cross' defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Riverside, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Holy Cross might still be hurting after the 10-1 loss they got from Riverside in their previous matchup on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Riverside's Connor McNally, who struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off nine hits (and only one walk). Now that Holy Cross knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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