Baseball Game Preview: Walsh Jesuit Warriors vs. Washington Tigers

The Walsh Jesuit Warriors are taking a road trip to square off against the Washington Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Walsh Jesuit 2.7, Washington 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither Walsh Jesuit nor Padua Franciscan made it on the board until the sixth inning. The Warriors fell just short of the Bruins by a score of 7-5. The Warriors' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

Shawn Sullivan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Walsh Jesuit saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dom Romanini, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base. Another was Andrew Holcomb, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Meanwhile, Washington came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Washington pushed their record up to 7-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Walsh Jesuit, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.