Baseball Preview: Charlotte Catholic Cougars vs. Butler Bulldogs
The Charlotte Catholic Cougars will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Butler Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Charlotte Catholic stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Independence with a sharp 19-7 win. Charlotte Catholic's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
John Hucko looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Sam Hucko was incredible, going 3-for-3 with six RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Joey Hall was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, Butler made sure to put some runs up on the board against Garinger on Wednesday. Butler blew past Garinger 13-1. That 12 run margin sets a new team best for Butler this season.
Charlotte Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Butler, their victory bumped their record up to 6-10.
Charlotte Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Butler in their previous meeting on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. Will Charlotte Catholic repeat their success, or does Butler have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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