The Alexander Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Alexander sitting on three straight wins and Notre Dame on 12.
Alexander can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. They blew past Attica 11-1. That's two games straight that Alexander has won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Elba a 10-0 shutout.
The team relied heavily on Jay Antinore, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Chase Antinore was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a double.
Alexander has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Notre Dame, they pushed their record up to 15-1 with that victory, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season.
Alexander might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Notre Dame when the teams last played last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Notre Dame's Evan Fitzpatrick, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Alexander 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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