The Cardinal Newman Cardinals are taking a road trip to square off against the White Knoll Timberwolves at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cardinal Newman has three straight victories, White Knoll has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Cardinal Newman beats White Knoll with eight runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Everything went the Cardinals' way against Northside Christian Academy on Friday as they made off with an 8-2 win. The Cardinals not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since February 22nd.
Meanwhile, White Knoll didn't have quite enough to beat Irmo on Thursday and fell 6-5. That's two games in a row now that the Timberwolves have lost by just one run.
Cooper Dyar was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing three bases. He has become a key player for White Knoll: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 1-11 otherwise. Ayden Gallegos also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
White Knoll's defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Cardinal Newman, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Cardinal Newman skirted past White Knoll 2-1 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cardinals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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