The Holy Cross Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fairdale Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Holy Cross' favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Fairdale has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Holy Cross will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a ten-run loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Southern on Friday. Holy Cross came out on top in a nail-biter against Southern and snuck past 3-1.
Tyler Manning spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, Holy Cross saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Hand, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Collin Williams, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Fairdale came up short against Pleasure Ridge Park last Tuesday and fell 7-3.
Holy Cross' victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Fairdale, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-14.
Everything went Holy Cross' way against Fairdale when the teams last played back in March of 2023 as Holy Cross made off with a 10-3 win. Will Holy Cross repeat their success, or does Fairdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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