Baseball Preview: Cathedral Catholic Dons vs. Eastlake Titans
The Cathedral Catholic Dons will be playing at home against the Eastlake Titans at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cathedral Catholic: 3.8, Eastlake: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cathedral Catholic fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against St. Augustine on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 8-4 to the Saints.
Cathedral Catholic got a good showing from Jackson Bell, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Elijah Selga was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Podstreleny, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
Even though they lost, Cathedral Catholic lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. This was only their first loss (out of six games) when they post two or more home runs.
Meanwhile, Eastlake and Rancho Bernardo squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Eastlake had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Broncos by a score of 3-1. Eastlake's loss signaled the end of their 13-game winning streak.
Eastlake saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Solano, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Solano has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Cathedral Catholic's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-8. As for Eastlake, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cathedral Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Eastlake struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cathedral Catholic suffered a grim 11-4 defeat to Eastlake in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Cathedral Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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