St. Bernard is 0-9 against Fortuna since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The St. Bernard's Crusaders are on the road again to play the Fortuna Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, St. Bernard's made easy work of Ferndale and carried off a 12-2 win. That's two games straight that St. Bernard's has won by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fortuna had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 7-0 shutout.
Isabel Sanchez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 20 over seven innings pitched. Sanchez has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sanchez was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Olivia Scilacci, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Mariah Bravo, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
St. Bernard's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-8. As for Fortuna, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
St. Bernard's might still be hurting after the 16-1 defeat they got from Fortuna in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sanchez, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that St. Bernard's knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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