Baseball Preview: Casteel Colts vs. Centennial Coyotes
Casteel is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Centennial is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Casteel Colts will take on the Centennial Coyotes at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Casteel: 3.4, Centennial: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Casteel stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They never let Millennium onto the board and left with a 10-0 win.
Casteel got a great performance from Mason Russell as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Landon Hairston and Tyler Hatch did most of the damage at the plate: Hairston scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Hatch scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Bobby Pierce was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Centennial has not done well against Horizon recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Centennial narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Horizon 7-6.
Liu Rodriguez was incredible, going 2-for-2 with three RBI and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Talas, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Casteel is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. As for Centennial, their win bumped their record up to 22-5.
Casteel took their victory against Centennial in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 by a conclusive 10-0. Does Casteel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Centennial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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