The York Catholic Fighting Irish will head out to square off against the Trinity Shamrocks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. York Catholic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Trinity will come in with five straight wins.
Hanover hit York Catholic with a six-run sixth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Fighting Irish fell 8-4 to the Nighthawks.
Aiden Zallnick
| 03/24/25 @ Fairfield | 8 |
| 03/18/25 vs Columbia | 5 |
| 04/04/25 @ Mount Calvary Christian | 2 |
| 05/01/25 vs Hanover | 1 |
Aiden Zallnick put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of York Catholic's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 2-1 (and 3-11 when he doesn't). Zallnick was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
In other batting news, Jackson Yingling made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season. Another player making a difference was Evan Kipple, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, while Trinity put up some runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Susquehanna Township. The Shamrocks narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the HANNA 2-0.
Trinity's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for York Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
York Catholic couldn't quite get it done against Trinity when the teams last played back in April of 2016 as they fell 9-5. Can the Fighting Irish avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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