The Bishop Snyder Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Stoneman Douglas Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bishop Snyder's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Stoneman Douglas' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Bishop Snyder is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Trinity Christian Academy, who was ranked tenth at the time (Bishop Snyder was ranked 13th). Bishop Snyder fell just short of Trinity Christian Academy by a score of 5-4 on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their meetings with the Conquerors: they've now lost seven in a row.
Tripp Hannah was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Hannah was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
Hannah wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Josh Murray, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Stoneman Douglas came tearing into Wednesday's match with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Mavericks a 3-0 shutout.
Stoneman Douglas pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Snyder, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-2.
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