Baseball Recap: Notre Dame (SO) Knights vs. Sierra Canyon Trailblazers
After a string of three wins, Notre Dame (SO)'s good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers by a score of 3-1. Notre Dame (SO) was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Sierra Canyon apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played last Wednesday.
Notre Dame (SO) got a good showing from JuJu Diaz-Jones, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Diaz-Jones has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Notre Dame (SO) saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brett Binkley, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Notre Dame (SO)'s loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8-1. As for Sierra Canyon, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8-2 record this season.
Notre Dame (SO) will be playing in front of their home fans against Crespi at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Notre Dame (SO)'s pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Crespi's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Sierra Canyon, they will head out on the road to take on Loyola at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sierra Canyon is facing Loyola at the right time seeing as Loyola is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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