Baseball Preview: Gloucester Catholic Rams vs. Steinert Spartans
The Gloucester Catholic Rams will head out on the road to take on the Steinert Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Gloucester Catholic will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
Gloucester Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: St. Augustine Prep, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Gloucester Catholic was ranked 12th). Gloucester Catholic's pitchers stepped up to hand St. Augustine Prep a 1-0 shutout on Sunday.
Tate DeRias made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over 6.1 innings pitched. DeRias has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. DeRias was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with an RBI.
In other pitching news, Sal Marziani looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
Meanwhile, Steinert didn't have quite enough to beat Hopewell Valley Central on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Gloucester Catholic pushed their record up to 11-3 with that win, which was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Steinert, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
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