St. Mary had lost seven straight at home dating back to last season, but on Wednesday they dropped their record down to 0-12 to make it eight. They came up short against the Chaminade Flyers, falling 10-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Flyers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 10-1 on Tuesday.
As for Chaminade, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-10. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by seven runs or more this season.
For Chaminade's part, they got a great performance from Carlos Pereira as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Pereira also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Flyers are 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-9 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Connor Meehan was a standout: he went 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Michael Gardner, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI.
Coming up, St. Mary's will head out on the road to challenge Archbishop Molloy at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Chaminade, they will welcome Holy Cross at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Knights have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.15 runs per game on average), something the Flyers will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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