The St. Francis de Sales Knights will take on the Springfield Blue Devils in a tournament on Thursday. Springfield took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Francis de Sales, who comes in off a win.
St. Francis de Sales proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by eight) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Perkins 11-10.
Julien Coleman looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
Nick Hood
| 05/19/25 @ Perkins | 3 |
| 05/03/25 @ Southview | 3 |
| 04/01/25 @ Hanahan | 3 |
| 05/13/25 @ Ottawa Hills | 2 |
| 05/07/25 @ St. John's Jesuit | 2 |
| + 10 more games |
At the plate, St. Francis de Sales got a massive performance out of Nick Hood, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. The Knights are undefeated when Hood posts two or more runs, but 8-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Cole Provaznik, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs.
St. Francis de Sales was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .432. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Springfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They came up short against Maumee, falling 9-1.
St. Francis de Sales' win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-9. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Springfield, their loss dropped their record down to 3-18.
St. Francis de Sales skirted past Springfield 1-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2015. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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