The Holy Name Green Wave are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Firelands Falcons at 5:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Holy Name lost 7-1 to St. Vincent-St. Mary on Monday.
Holy Name got a good showing from Frankie Germano, who pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Germano has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ismael Sostre made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Firelands can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bruins by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Firelands couldn't push the score so high this time.
Holy Name's defeat dropped their record down to 8-18. As for Firelands, they dropped their record down to 10-12 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Holy Name came out on top in a nail-biter against Firelands when the teams last played back in May of 2015, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Firelands' Trevor Damron, who didn't allow a single earned run over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be that much easier for Holy Name to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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