The Notre Dame Prep Saints will be playing at home against the Higley Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
After dropping their season opener at home, Higley is headed out to face a Saints squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Notre Dame Prep fell just short of St. Mary's by a score of 11-9 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Saints have suffered since March 22, 2024.
Notre Dame Prep got a good showing from Zac Albright, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Brayden Higby led a balanced group of hitters, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Louden Hughes, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Even though they lost, Notre Dame Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .523. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Higley didn't have quite enough to beat Boulder Creek on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
Bryce Russo was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, Higley saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Henze, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
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