The Aurora Greenmen will head out on the road to square off against the St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Aurora's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so St. Vincent-St. Mary's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, Aurora didn't have quite enough to beat Tallmadge and fell 3-2. Aurora has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Aurora got a good showing from AJ Cifani, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Aurora saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Brooker, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Meanwhile, St. Vincent-St. Mary stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Firestone as St. Vincent-St. Mary made off with a 13-3 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Vincent-St. Mary.
Aidan Zwisler spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Zack Kurkey, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Slone, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Aurora now has a losing record at 9-10. As for St. Vincent-St. Mary, they pushed their record up to 16-4 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Aurora was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Vincent-St. Mary in their previous matchup back in March of 2015, winning 4-0. Will Aurora repeat their success, or does St. Vincent-St. Mary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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