The Seymour Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Holy Cross Crusaders at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Seymour is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: St. Paul Catholic, who was ranked 20th at the time (Seymour was ranked 15th). The Wildcats came out on top against the Falcons on Monday by a score of 12-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The high-scoring effort was just what the Wildcats needed considering they were shut out in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, while Holy Cross put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Ansonia. The Crusaders were the clear victors by a 14-0 margin over the Chargers. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Crusaders.
Seymour pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Holy Cross, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Seymour was able to grind out a solid victory over Holy Cross when the teams last played on April 10th, winning 12-8. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
