Baseball Preview: Central Catholic Vikings vs. Shaler Area Titans
The Central Catholic Vikings will be playing at home against the Shaler Area Titans at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Central Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Shaler Area is hoping to do on Saturday what Canon-McMillan couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Central Catholic's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Central Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Canon-McMillan and snuck past 6-4.
The team relied heavily on Christopher "CJ" Proch, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Landon Greene, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Shaler Area fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Mars on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Fightin' Planets by a score of 4-3. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Shaler Area has scored all season.
Central Catholic now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Shaler Area, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
Central Catholic skirted past Shaler Area 2-0 in their previous matchup back in May of 2022. Does Central Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shaler Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
