The Mentor Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the University School Preppers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mentor 3.3, University School 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mentor fell victim to Medina and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Battling Bees. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mentor saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peter Kennedy, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Meanwhile, University School entered their tilt with St. John on Thursday with nine consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with ten. They put the hurt on the Fighting Herald with a sharp 7-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Preppers, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
University School also got a great performance from Lucas Clavijo as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over six innings pitched. Clavijo has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Sal Prolizo and Aaron Moss did most of the damage at the plate: Prolizo got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run, while Moss went 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three stolen bases gave Prolizo a new career-high. Deacon Nelson was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one RBI.
University School pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Mentor, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
Mentor suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to University School in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Cardinals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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