Holy Cross had lost nine straight on the road, but on Tuesday they dropped their record down to 3-15 to make it ten. They lost 10-0 to the Xaverian Clippers. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Clippers this season, with their most recent defeat being a 12-2 loss back in April.
As for Xaverian, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-14. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games.
For Xaverian's part, Jordan Steiger looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave Steiger a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Patrick Hassel and Lucas Zafra did most of the damage at the plate: Hassel went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Zafra went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Hassel is becoming a predictor of Xaverian's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 8-13 when he doesn't). John Gilroy was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
As of now, neither Holy Cross nor Xaverian have any future games scheduled.
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