Preview: Mercy Bears vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats
The Mercy Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Mercy came up short against Presentation and fell 11-6.
G Ortega was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of E Gonsalves, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Mercy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Presentation only tossed three.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for St. Ignatius College Preparatory's offense. They suffered a tough 8-0 loss at the hands of Hillsdale on Monday. St. Ignatius College Preparatory has not had much luck with Hillsdale recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Angelina Ugaitafa, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Mercy has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-3-1 record this season. As for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Mercy hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .431. It's a different story for St. Ignatius College Preparatory, though, as they've only averaged .250. Will they be able to contain Mercy's hitters?
Mercy was able to grind out a solid win over St. Ignatius College Preparatory in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, winning 8-3. Will Mercy repeat their success, or does St. Ignatius College Preparatory have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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