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| 05/20/24 - Home | 10-2 W |
| 05/04/24 - Home | 10-6 W |
| 05/01/24 - Away | 5-3 W |
| 05/18/23 - Away | 8-9 L |
| 05/16/23 - Home | 15-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
St. Francis has gone 9-1 against Nichols recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Red Raiders will head out to challenge the Vikings at 4:30 p.m. The contest will give St. Francis their first taste of in-conference action this season.
On Tuesday, St. Francis came up short against Frontier and fell 9-6. The Red Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Will Hanson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Landon Guzowski also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Meanwhile, Nichols came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Tigers 8-1. While the Vikings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Cody Kipler looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
On the hitting side, Nichols saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drury Schmidt, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI. Another was Ross Yoshida, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
St. Francis' loss dropped their record down to 0-6-1. As for Nichols, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Everything went St. Francis' way against Nichols in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as St. Francis made off with a 10-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Red Raiders since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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