Baseball Recap: Lafayette Central Catholic Picks Up Sixth Consecutive Win

Knights

Previous 6 Games

05/24/25 vs Peru	5-0
05/24/25 vs Logansport	4-1
05/22/25 vs Indianapolis Lutheran	9-0
05/17/25 @ Greencastle	5-1
05/17/25 vs Logansport	3-2
05/16/25 vs Varsity Opponent	3-2

Lafayette Central Catholic waltzed into their match on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Peru Tigers a 5-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for the Knights, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Lafayette Central Catholic's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Peru, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9.

Lafayette Central Catholic and Peru are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. The Knights will challenge Rensselaer Central at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Peru, they will host Warsaw at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Peru's pitchers better be ready for this one: Warsaw has averaged an impressive 8.3 runs per game this season.