The Trinity Shamrocks will take on the York Catholic Fighting Irish at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Trinity has five straight victories, York Catholic has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Trinity's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Susquehanna Township 2-0.
Hanover hit York Catholic with a six-run sixth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Fighting Irish took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nighthawks.
Aiden Zallnick put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. That one hit allowed gave him a new career-low. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
In other batting news, Jackson Yingling was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run was his first of the season. Evan Kipple was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Trinity pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for York Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Trinity was able to grind out a solid victory over York Catholic in their previous matchup back in April of 2016, winning 9-5. Do the Shamrocks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Fighting Irish turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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