St. Dominic hasn't had much luck against Timberland recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The St. Dominic Crusaders will look to defend their home field against the Timberland T-Wolves at 4:15 p.m. St. Dominic will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
St. Dominic is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Francis Borgia just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Crusaders have suffered since September 13th.
Kelsey Kunz was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in September of 2023. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and a run.
Even though they lost, St. Dominic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Francis Borgia didn't tossed any.
Meanwhile, Timberland won against Fort Zumwalt North on Wednesday with eight runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Timberland skirted past Fort Zumwalt East 8-6. The win was nothing new for the T-Wolves as they're now sitting on three straight.
St. Dominic's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5. As for Timberland, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3-1.
St. Dominic suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Timberland in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can St. Dominic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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