The Sacred Heart Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Gonzales Apaches at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sacred Heart will be strutting in after a victory while Gonzales will be coming in after a loss.
Sacred Heart will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Van Vleck on Friday. Everything went Sacred Heart's way against Van Vleck as Sacred Heart made off with a 17-6 win. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Gonzales didn't have quite enough to beat John F. Kennedy on Friday and fell 2-1. The Apaches have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Gonzales saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sarah Padilla, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one run. That triple was Padilla's first of the season.
Sacred Heart has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. Gonzales' defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
Sacred Heart suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Gonzales in their previous meeting back in March of 2020. Can Sacred Heart avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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