Baseball Game Preview: Bishop Watterson Eagles vs. Calvert Senecas

Bishop Watterson has won seven straight games at home, while Calvert has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Eagles will welcome the Senecas at 11:00 a.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Bishop Watterson 3, Calvert 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Bishop Watterson's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Bishop Hartley. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly five runs.

Ben Burleson made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Burleson wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ben Uhlenhake, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.

Calvert came out on top against Lakota on Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive six-run second inning. The Senecas were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over the Raiders. The Senecas might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by six runs or more this season.

Like Bishop Watterson, Calvert also got a great game from a two-way player: Logan Ritzler. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Ritzler was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high.

Calvert was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lakota only posted a batting average of .250.

Bishop Watterson is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season. As for Calvert, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2.