The Gonzaga Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Bishop O'Connell Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Gonzaga's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Bishop O'Connell's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Gonzaga's offense. They fell 4-0 to Abingdon on Saturday. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Bishop O'Connell had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured an 8-7 W against the Cardinals. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one run.
Mark Zonavetch looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Chris Connolly was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Walker Mcelwain, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Bishop O'Connell pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Gonzaga, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-6.
Gonzaga came out on top in a nail-biter against Bishop O'Connell in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, sneaking past 4-2. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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