If St. Michaels was riding high off their 10-0 takedown of Snow Hill last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The St. Michaels Saints fell just short of the Goretti Gael by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to St. Michaels of the 8-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2022.
Jake Seek was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched.
At the plate, St. Michaels saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Wheeler, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Wheeler is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Even though they lost, St. Michaels didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Goretti only tossed seven.
Having lost for the first time this season, St. Michaels fell to 2-1. As for Goretti, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
St. Michaels didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 6-4 win vs. Mount St. Joseph on the 30th. Goretti has also already played their next matchup, a 13-3 victory against St. Mary's Ryken on the 30th.
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