After three games on the road, St. Francis de Sales is heading back home. They will take on the Ottawa Hills Green Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
St. Francis de Sales will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat St. Mary's Prep on Friday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the seven-run defeat they were dealt on Thursday. St. Francis de Sales fell just short of St. Mary's Prep by a score of 5-3.
Charlie Kryzminski was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, St. Francis de Sales saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Lisowski, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Ottawa Hills had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They never let the Eagles onto the board and left with a 19-0 victory. Ottawa Hills might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matches by six runs or more this season.
St. Francis de Sales has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season. As for Ottawa Hills, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
St. Francis de Sales took their victory against Ottawa Hills in their previous matchup back in May of 2022 by a conclusive 7-1. Will St. Francis de Sales repeat their success, or does Ottawa Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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