Sacred Heart is 7-0 against Seneca since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Sacred Heart Valkyries will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Seneca Red Hawks, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.
Sacred Heart will head into Wednesday's matchup out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Wednesday after soaring to a 15-run match in their last game. They fell just short of Butler by a score of 5-3.
Sadie Hayes spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sacred Heart saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tatum Etheridge, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Isabella Boyd was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Seneca had to settle for a 9-7 defeat against Waggener on Thursday.
Sacred Heart's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-11-1. As for Seneca, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Everything went Sacred Heart's way against Seneca in their previous matchup back in April of 2022 as Sacred Heart made off with a 17-1 victory. Will Sacred Heart repeat their success, or does Seneca have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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