Baseball Preview: Althoff Catholic Crusaders vs. Waterloo Bulldogs
Althoff Catholic and Waterloo are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Waterloo Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. Althoff Catholic will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
If Althoff Catholic beats Waterloo with seven runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Althoff Catholic narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Belleville West 7-5.
Althoff Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hank Gomric, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Gomric has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Zack Winkeler, who scored two runs.
Meanwhile, Waterloo can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Valmeyer as Waterloo made off with a 12-1 victory. The win was a breath of fresh air for Waterloo as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Althoff Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-1 record this season. As for Waterloo, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
Althoff Catholic came up short against Waterloo in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 9-5. Can Althoff Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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