Baseball Preview: Althoff Catholic Crusaders vs. Granite City Warriors
The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Granite City Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Althoff Catholic has seven straight wins, Granite City has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, Althoff Catholic had just enough and edged Waterloo out 5-4.
Althoff Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hank Gomric, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Gomric has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Granite City's offense. They fell 4-0 to O'Fallon on Tuesday.
Althoff Catholic's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4-1. As for Granite City, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
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