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| 04/29/23 - Home | 16-4 W |
| 05/24/22 - Neutral | 13-2 W |
| 05/01/17 - Home | 17-0 W |
Cathedral has gone a perfect 3-0 against Herron recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Fighting Irish will take on the Achaeans at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cathedral is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 10-1 margin over Indianapolis Bishop Chatard. The Fighting Irish haven't had any issues with the Trojans recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Herron came tearing into Tuesday's game 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. Everything went their way against the Blue Devils as they made off with a 22-10 win.
Elena Newsom was a standout: she got on base in three of her five plate appearances with four stolen bases, four runs, and one RBI. Those four stolen bases gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Cotham, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Herron was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .353 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Herron now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Cathedral, their victory bumped their record up to 24-2.
Everything went Cathedral's way against Herron when the teams last played back in April of 2023, as Cathedral made off with a 16-4 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fighting Irish since the team 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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