St. Xavier is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Trinity is on a 13-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Tigers will be taking part in a tournament against the Shamrocks at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Xavier 2.8, Trinity 1.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Ballard, who was ranked first at the time (St. Xavier was ranked third). The Tigers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Bruins a 2-0 shutout on Monday. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Bruins: they've now won six in a row.
Not much got past Brodie Benefield, who gave up just three hits to keep Ballard off the board.
On the hitting side, St. Xavier saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Ford, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.
Meanwhile, Trinity won against Eastern on Sunday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. The Shamrocks beat Male by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The Shamrocks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 22 matches by six runs or more this season.
Trinity is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 33-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for St. Xavier, their victory bumped their record up to 30-6.
St. Xavier was able to grind out a solid win over Trinity in their previous matchup back in April, winning 6-2. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Shamrocks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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