Baseball Preview: Casteel Colts vs. Notre Dame Prep Saints
The Casteel Colts will stay at home for another game and welcome the Notre Dame Prep Saints at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Casteel: 3.3, Notre Dame Prep: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Casteel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Notre Dame Prep, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Casteel was ranked second). Casteel walked away with a 6-1 win over Notre Dame Prep on Thursday.
Mason Russell tossed a big game, striking out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ryan Harwood, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Connor Russell, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Casteel's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-6. As for Notre Dame Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 20 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.
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