Baseball Game Preview: Serra Catholic Eagles vs. Hopewell Vikings

The Serra Catholic Eagles will take on the Hopewell Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Serra Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last four matchups.

Serra Catholic's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 15-0 margin over Clairton. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by nine runs or more this season.

Tyler Skaggs

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/15/25 vs Clairton	4
04/11/25 vs Western Beaver	3
03/24/25 @ Monessen	3
04/14/25 @ Clairton	2
05/07/24 @ Brentwood	2

The team relied heavily on Tyler Skaggs, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Holmes, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.

Meanwhile, Hopewell lost 10-4 to Montour on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost seven in a row.

Ben McDonald made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He also brought in two RBI, marking his first of the season.

Serra Catholic's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Hopewell, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.