The Holy Cross Lancers will take on the Cinnaminson Pirates at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Holy Cross has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight defeats, while Cinnaminson will come in with four straight wins.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Holy Cross' offense. They fell 5-0 to Maple Shade on Thursday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cinnaminson). They blew past Pitman 13-1 on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Pirates considering their one-run performance the game before.
Rocco Randazzo tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jude Zarnowski, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI, one triple, and one run. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Gavin Bobrek was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one double.
Cinnaminson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .629. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Cinnaminson pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
Holy Cross might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Cinnaminson in their previous matchup back in May of 2021. Can the Lancers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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