The Holy Cross Cougars will challenge the Shawnee Golden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Holy Cross fell victim to Pleasure Ridge Park and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Jaxson Taylor was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two hits in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Holy Cross saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avery Roy, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, Shawnee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They came up short against Western, falling 15-0. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Shawnee's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 11-14.
Holy Cross took their victory against Shawnee in their previous meeting back in March of 2018 by a conclusive 19-0 score. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Golden Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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