The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will head out to take on the Washington Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Vincent-St. Mary's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Washington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
St. Vincent-St. Mary's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Lutheran West with a sharp 10-0 win. That's two games straight that the Fighting Irish have won by exactly ten runs.
The team relied heavily on Ashton Tamzarian, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That double marked the first that he has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Pytash, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
St. Vincent-St. Mary hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Washington waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They skirted past the Blue Streaks 7-5.
Washington's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for St. Vincent-St. Mary, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
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