The DeSales Colts will head out on the road to challenge the Trinity Shamrocks at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. DeSales is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
DeSales is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against DuPont Manual on Wednesday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crimsons. DeSales has not had much luck with DuPont Manual recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Matt Mulhall was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Trinity waltzed into their match on Saturday with 12 straight wins... but they left with 13. They put the hurt on the Bruins with a sharp 11-3 victory. Considering Trinity has won 16 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
DeSales' defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-9. As for Trinity, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 27-4.
DeSales couldn't quite finish off Trinity in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 3-1. Thankfully for DeSales, Hayden Trier (who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
