Baseball Game Preview: TMI-Episcopal Panthers vs. Central Catholic Buttons

The TMI-Episcopal Panthers will challenge the Central Catholic Buttons at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Saturday, TMI-Episcopal got the win against Antonian Prep by a conclusive 11-4.

Brighton Dietrich

Runs

04/12/25 @ Antonian Prep	3
04/11/25 @ Antonian Prep	2
02/25/25 vs Comfort	2
02/17/25 @ Pleasanton	2
02/28/25 vs Fredericksburg	1

Brighton Dietrich made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. TMI-Episcopal is 3-1 when Dietrich posts two or more runs, but 4-8 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Levi Gass, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Parker, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Central Catholic came tearing into last Saturday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.4 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Apaches a 3-0 shutout. The Buttons' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last four contests.

The result came thanks to Jacob Schwope's shutout, as he gave up just four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Central Catholic's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sunghoon Kim, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another was Jayson Sapp, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Central Catholic's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-5-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for TMI-Episcopal, their win bumped their record up to 7-9.