Washington has won four straight games at home, while Walsh Jesuit has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Tigers will welcome the Warriors at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Washington 2.3, Walsh Jesuit 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Washington's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out McKinley 1-0. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither Walsh Jesuit nor Padua Franciscan made it on the board until the sixth inning. The Warriors fell just short of the Bruins by a score of 7-5. The Warriors' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Shawn Sullivan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Walsh Jesuit saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dom Romanini, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base. Andrew Holcomb was another, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Washington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Walsh Jesuit, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
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