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| 03/17/25 - Away | 5-0 W |
| 04/15/24 - Away | 11-1 W |
| 03/28/24 - Home | 4-3 W |
| 04/17/23 - Home | 9-5 W |
| 04/06/23 - Home | 8-2 W |
| + 5 more games |
Bishop Brossart is a perfect 10-0 against Holy Cross since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Mustangs will face off against the Indians at 10:00 a.m. Bishop Brossart's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Holy Cross' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Bishop Brossart fell victim to Beechwood and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0. The Mustangs have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross won against Bellevue on Monday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Indians were the clear victors by a 10-4 margin over St. Henry. With that victory, the Indians brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Sam Addington spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits. He is becoming a predictor of Holy Cross' success: when he allows at most two earned runs the team is 2-1 (and 4-11 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Holy Cross let Ben Issenmann and Jimmy Holtz run wild. Issenmann scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Holtz scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Issenmann a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was David Wilson, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two RBI.
Holy Cross always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .537. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Henry only posted an OBP of .364.
Holy Cross' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-12. As for Bishop Brossart, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Bishop Brossart was able to grind out a solid victory over Holy Cross when the teams last played back in March, winning 5-0. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Indians turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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