The Palisades Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Palisades will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Palisades' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Wilson Area as Palisades made off with a 9-0 win. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory Palisades has managed all season.
Tyler Bonelli was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Bonelli was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Sean Camp was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was John Curran, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Bangor 8-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Notre Dame-Green Pond.
Austin Casal was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Rivituso, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Palisades is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Palisades has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Notre Dame-Green Pond struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Palisades skirted past Notre Dame-Green Pond 8-7 in their previous meeting back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Notre Dame-Green Pond's Clemente Cintron, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Palisades still be able to contain Cintron? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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