Baseball Recap: Central Catholic snaps five-game streak of wins at home

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 5:54pm

Baseball Recap: Central Catholic Rams vs. Clackamas Cavaliers

After a string of seven wins, Central Catholic's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Clackamas Cavaliers. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Central Catholic's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Grant McKey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on five hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.

Central Catholic's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-8. As for Clackamas, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.

While Central Catholic had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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