Baseball Recap: Homestead Spartans vs. Cathedral Fighting Irish
Homestead waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Cathedral Fighting Irish onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. For Homestead, this counts as revenge for the 10-0 loss Cathedral walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
The team relied heavily on Johnnie Ankenbruck, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
On Cathedral's side, Ethan Dorsey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Cathedral saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Carroll, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Carroll is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Homestead pushed their record up to 4-3 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Cathedral, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Homestead by a score of 7-6 later that day.
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