The Hightstown Rams will head out on the road to take on the Notre Dame Irish at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything went Hightstown's way against Hillsborough as Hightstown made off with a 17-7 victory. That's two games straight that Hightstown has won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs), and they went ahead and made it 12 on Wednesday. They never let the Blue Devils onto the board and left with a 12-0 win. Notre Dame's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Not much got past Rylee Michalak, who gave up just three hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep Ewing off the board.
On the hitting side, Kalyn Rosica was a standout: she went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Cara Mazzucco, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
The victory made it two in a row for Hightstown and bumps their season record up to 11-9. As for Notre Dame, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with that win, which was their 11th straight on the road.
Hightstown couldn't quite finish off Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in April and fell 3-1. Can Hightstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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