Baseball Game Preview: Holy Cross Tigers vs. Archbishop Shaw Eagles

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Previous Games

03/25/24 - Home	4-1 W
04/13/23 - Away	5-6 L
04/30/22 - Neutral	4-6 L
04/30/22 - Neutral	4-6 L
04/28/22 - Neutral	2-3 L
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Holy Cross and Archbishop Shaw are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. Holy Cross will challenge Archbishop Shaw at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Holy Cross' pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Archbishop Shaw's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Holy Cross is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Warren Easton 15-2 on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their one-run performance the matchup before.

Holy Cross got a great performance from Tommy Ashby as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched.

At the plate, Collin Tallet and Greg Ruiz did most of the damage at the plate: Tallet went a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Ruiz scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Those two runs gave Tallet a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Roux Guerra, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.

Holy Cross always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Shaw unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of St. Augustine by a score of 7-6.

Dalton Davidson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Archbishop Shaw's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 9-10 when he doesn't).

Archbishop Shaw's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Holy Cross, their record now sits at 20-3.

Holy Cross was able to grind out a solid victory over Archbishop Shaw when the teams last played back in March of 2024, winning 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holy Cross since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.