Baseball Preview: Nazareth Academy Roadrunners vs. Marist RedHawks
Nazareth Academy is on a 23-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Marist is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Nazareth Academy Roadrunners will take on the Marist RedHawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Nazareth Academy stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Neuqua Valley as Nazareth Academy made off with a 15-5 victory.
Meanwhile, Marist narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Lincoln-Way East 3-2.
Frank Bilecki tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on John McAuliffe, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Emmit Senger was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Nazareth Academy's victory bumped their record up to 29-0. As for Marist, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-11 record this season.
Nazareth Academy beat Marist 8-4 when the teams last played back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Marist's Aidan Flinn, who struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Nazareth Academy still be able to contain Flinn? There's only one way to find out.
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