The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will challenge the Rock Hill Redmen at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Vincent-St. Mary has four straight victories, Rock Hill has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Vincent-St. Mary barely beat Cloverleaf the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Fighting Irish were the clear victors by a 15-6 margin over the Colts on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Fighting Irish, who have now won three games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Alli Zajac made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Zajac was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two runs, two doubles, and one RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Avarie Mays, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and one triple. Ella Kim was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
St. Vincent-St. Mary was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .515. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, Rock Hill suffered their closest loss since March 22nd on Friday. They fell just short of Dawson-Bryant by a score of 7-5.
The win got St. Vincent-St. Mary back to even at 5-5. As for Rock Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
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