The Trinity Shamrocks will venture away from home to challenge the St. Xavier Tigers at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Trinity sitting on 19 straight victories and St. Xavier on five.
Trinity is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Male, who was ranked 12th at the time (Trinity was ranked first). The Shamrocks were the clear victors by a 10-3 margin over the Bulldogs on Monday. The Shamrocks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 26 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and St. Xavier had no trouble coming through when it counted. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Eastern on Monday, sneaking past 5-4.
Brodie Benefield made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
In other batting news, Colton Zuege was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and one double.
Trinity's record is now 36-3. As for St. Xavier, their record now sits at 28-11.
Trinity was able to grind out a solid win over St. Xavier in their previous meeting back in April, winning 6-3. Will the Shamrocks repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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