Analy is 2-8 against Cardinal Newman since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Analy Tigers will be playing at home against the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Analy: 4, Cardinal Newman: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Analy is is headed into Monday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Thursday. They fell just short of Montgomery by a score of 3-2.
Bella Jurek was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Jurek was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Jurek wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kylee Bauman, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Pumas with a sharp 13-1 win.
Like Analy, Cardinal Newman also got a great game from a two-way player: Callie Howard. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Howard has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 18 consecutive pitching appearances. Howard was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Izzie Kunimune was incredible, firing off two home runs, six RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ava Walters, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Analy's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
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