Villa Angela-St. Joseph is 2-7 against Kirtland since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings will be staying on the road to face off against the Kirtland Hornets at 4:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Villa Angela-St. Joseph: 3.8, Kirtland: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Copley on Monday. They lost 11-1 to the Indians.
Meanwhile, Kirtland put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Harvey with a sharp 23-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Kirtland.
Gino Blasini made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched. Blasini has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Blasini was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Will Bates and Macguire Boyd did most of the damage at the plate: Bates scored four runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Boyd scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Boyd has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Luciano Cantini, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-5. As for Kirtland, their victory bumped their record up to 16-6.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph couldn't quite finish off Kirtland in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Can Villa Angela-St. Joseph avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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