The St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots will take on the Head-Royce Jayhawks at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph Notre Dame is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.8 runs per game this season.
St. Joseph Notre Dame barely beat University the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Pilots' pitchers stepped up to hand the Red Devils a 20-0 shutout on Thursday. The Pilots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by ten runs or more this season.
Lexi Roben
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Lexi Roben and Cassandra Sanchez were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Roben pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Sanchez struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, Roben posted two strikeouts, the most she's had since back in February. At the plate, Roben went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Sanchez went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, six RBI, and four runs. That home run marked the first that Sanchez has launched this season.
In other batting news, Reagan Bowman and Alana Sadie did most of the damage at the plate: Bowman got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four runs, while Sadie went 2-for-3 with four runs and one RBI. That's the most runs Bowman has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Safah Hashemi, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI and one run.
St. Joseph Notre Dame kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, Head-Royce came up short against Saint Mary's on Thursday, falling 9-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Jayhawks in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost five in a row.
Head-Royce saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elena Krauss, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
St. Joseph Notre Dame is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.6 runs over those games. As for Head-Royce, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
St. Joseph Notre Dame came out on top in a nail-biter against Head-Royce when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Pilots repeat their success, or do the Jayhawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
