After two games on the road, Sacred Heart Academy is heading back home. They will take on the Hand Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Sacred Heart Academy nor Hand posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Monday, Sacred Heart Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Lauralton Hall and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that Sacred Heart Academy has lost by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, Hand didn't have quite enough to beat Guilford on Monday and fell 2-1. Hand has struggled against Guilford recently, as their contest on Monday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Erin Cerny spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on ten hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Hand saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Danielle Phelan, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Sacred Heart Academy's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Hand, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Sacred Heart Academy came up short against Hand in their previous meeting on April 5th, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cerny, who pitched seven innings while giving up four earned runs off seven hits. Now that Sacred Heart Academy knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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