The Holy Name Green Wave will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish at 2:30 p.m. Holy Name will be strutting in after a victory while St. Vincent-St. Mary will be coming in after a defeat.
Holy Name can't be too worried about heading out to take on St. Vincent-St. Mary: they just beat Canton South at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Holy Name came out on top against Canton South by a score of 5-1 on Thursday.
Harrison Frank spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits.
At the plate, Nick Nemeth was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for St. Vincent-St. Mary's offense. They fell just short of Norwayne by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, St. Vincent-St. Mary's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
St. Vincent-St. Mary also got a good showing from Aidan Zwisler, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Holy Name's win bumped their record up to 8-17. As for St. Vincent-St. Mary, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-10 record this season.
Holy Name came up short against St. Vincent-St. Mary in their previous meeting back in April, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Vincent-St. Mary's Matthew Large, who struck out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that Holy Name 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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