The Notre Dame Academy Tritons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Escanaba Eskymos at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Notre Dame Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Escanaba's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Notre Dame Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Green Bay Preble a 3-0 shutout.
Not much got past Avery Duncan, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Green Bay Preble off the board.
At the plate, Notre Dame Academy's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Christian Collins, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Escanaba unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak dating back to last season on Thursday. They fell just short of Negaunee by a score of 10-9.
Notre Dame Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Escanaba, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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