Baseball Preview: St. Dominic Crusaders vs. Lutheran Cougars
The St. Dominic Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Lutheran Cougars at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. St. Dominic will be strutting in after a win while Lutheran will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Dominic is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Lafayette 16-1. St. Dominic might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six matches by six runs or more this season.
Charlie Kilcullin made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Kilcullin has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Kilcullin was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Cooper Montgomery was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Andrew Henke, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of St. Francis Borgia by a score of 5-3.
St. Dominic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Everything went St. Dominic's way against Lutheran when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as St. Dominic made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Dominic since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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