The Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones will head out on the road to take on the Lexington Minutemen at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart-Griffin's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Lexington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Sacred Heart-Griffin is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Gillespie just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Miners by a score of 2-1.
Sacred Heart-Griffin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucy Wegner, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Lexington made easy work of Fieldcrest on Wednesday and carried off a 15-4 win. Considering the Minutemen have won nine contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory made it two in a row for Lexington and bumps their season record up to 12-13. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games. As for Sacred Heart-Griffin, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.
Everything went Sacred Heart-Griffin's way against Lexington when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Sacred Heart-Griffin made off with a 13-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cyclones since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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