The Notre Dame Academy Tritons will be playing at home against the Manitowoc Lincoln Ships at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Notre Dame Academy: 2.8, Manitowoc Lincoln: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Manitowoc Lincoln is hoping to do on Thursday what Sheboygan South couldn't on Monday: put an end to Notre Dame Academy's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Notre Dame Academy came out on top against Sheboygan South by a score of 7-3.
Noah Smits tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Micah Marzec, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Collins, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Manitowoc Lincoln faced De Pere in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Manitowoc Lincoln fell 5-0 to De Pere. Manitowoc Lincoln has not had much luck with De Pere recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Notre Dame Academy's victory bumped their record up to 16-6. As for Manitowoc Lincoln, their loss dropped their record down to 17-3.
Notre Dame Academy came up short against Manitowoc Lincoln in their previous meeting back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manitowoc Lincoln's Brayden Steinbecker, who struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Notre Dame Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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