Baseball Recap: Aquinas Wins Going Away Against Westside

Fightin' Irish

Margin (Wins)

03/19/25 @ Cross Creek	19
03/21/25 vs Cross Creek	16
03/14/25 @ Howard	13
03/20/25 @ Burke County	11
03/11/25 vs Howard	10

Aquinas won the last time they faced Westside and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Fightin' Irish put the hurt on the Patriots with a sharp 10-4 win. Considering the Fightin' Irish have won 12 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

James Sherry was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Aquinas' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 6-7 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Aquinas got a big performance out of CJ Johnson, who went 2-for-5 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Jim Franklin, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

The victory made it two in a row for Aquinas and bumps their season record up to 15-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 7 runs in those games. As for Westside, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-12.

Aquinas will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Patriots: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.