Baseball Recap: Roncalli Catholic wins going away against Raymond Central

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 11:22am

Baseball Recap: Roncalli Catholic Crimson Pride vs. Raymond Central Mustangs

Roncalli Catholic put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past the Raymond Central Mustangs 7-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Roncalli Catholic.

Reece Petersen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Petersen was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Clay Shafer, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Sonny Digilio, who went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases and an RBI.

On Raymond Central's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyle Peterson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Roncalli Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-14 record this season. As for Raymond Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10.

Roncalli Catholic will head out on the road to challenge Central City/Centura at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Roncalli Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season. Raymond Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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