The Notre Dame Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Mercy Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Notre Dame is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Notre Dame can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Los Altos as Notre Dame made off with a 10-3 win.
Allison Lui and Hailey Truong were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Lui pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Truong pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Lui has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Lui scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Truong scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Juliette Ramirez, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Katie Johnson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Mercy lost 12-2 to King's Academy on Tuesday. Mercy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
A Anderson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Notre Dame has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Mercy, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Notre Dame has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Mercy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Notre Dame beat Mercy 4-1 when the teams last played on Monday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Notre Dame 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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