The Notre Dame Prep Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to challenge the Cranbrook Kingswood Cranes at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Notre Dame Prep has ten straight wins, Cranbrook Kingswood has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Notre Dame Prep proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by six) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bishop Foley, sneaking past 10-8. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Fighting Irish have posted against the Ventures since May 21, 2016.
Meanwhile, Cranbrook Kingswood lost 20-7 to Ferndale on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Cranes have lost by exactly 13 runs.
Notre Dame Prep's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 7.2 runs. As for Cranbrook Kingswood, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.
Everything went Notre Dame Prep's way against Cranbrook Kingswood in their previous meeting last Monday, as Notre Dame Prep made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Fighting Irish repeat their success, or do the Cranes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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