Baseball Recap: Dixie Heights Picks Up Third Consecutive Victory

Dixie Heights waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Holy Cross Indians a 9-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for the Colonels, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Sean Mitchell

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/15/25 vs Holy Cross	7
05/07/25 vs St. Henry	5
04/12/25 vs Williamsburg	4
04/18/25 vs Ryle	3
04/22/25 @ Walton-Verona	1

Sean Mitchell and Will Steczynski were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Mitchell didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Meanwhile, Steczynski tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those seven strikeouts gave Mitchell a new career-high. At bat, Mitchell went a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI, while Steczynski went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and two runs. Steczynski has become a key player for Dixie Heights: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 13-15 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Owen Stulz, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Dixie Heights is 8-1 when Stulz posts two or more runs, but 10-15 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Krohmer, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and one double.

Dixie Heights' record is now 18-16. As for Holy Cross, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 13-20 record this season.

Dixie Heights will take on Covington Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Covington Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Dixie Heights' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Holy Cross does not have any more games scheduled as of now.