Baseball Preview: St. Francis de Sales Knights vs. Perrysburg Yellow Jackets
The St. Francis de Sales Knights are on the road again on Thursday to play the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Francis de Sales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Whitmer as St. Francis de Sales made off with a 9-1 victory.
Nick Hood was incredible, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Tucker, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Perrysburg entered their tilt with Southview with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They walked away with a 5-1 win over the Cougars on Friday.
Perrysburg also got a great performance from Parker Faris as he struck out seven batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Faris has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Perrysburg saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Hubbard, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
St. Francis de Sales has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11 record this season. As for Perrysburg, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-7.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. St. Francis de Sales has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Perrysburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 2.7. The only question left is which team can snag more.
St. Francis de Sales came up short against Perrysburg in their previous matchup back in May of 2022, falling 5-2. Can St. Francis de Sales avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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