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| 03/20/19 - Home | 10-5 W |
| 04/04/18 - Home | 15-0 W |
| 03/23/17 - Home | 8-1 W |
| 03/24/16 - Away | 8-2 W |
| 04/27/15 - Home | 10-0 W |
Incarnate Word is a perfect 5-0 against Holy Cross since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Incarnate Word Shamrocks will be playing at home against the Holy Cross Knights at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Incarnate Word saw some tournament action last Saturday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over Crockett. That's two games straight that the Shamrocks have won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross came tearing into Tuesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Rockets get on the board and left with an 11-0 win. Considering the Knights have won four matches by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Haven Castillo made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Holy Cross let Leena Garcia and Aymee Perez run wild. Garcia scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Perez scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Garcia is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games she's played. Ariel Bosman was another key player, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Holy Cross kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in four consecutive games.
Holy Cross' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Incarnate Word, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 6-7.
Incarnate Word beat Holy Cross 10-5 in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Will Incarnate Word repeat their success, or does Holy Cross have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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