Baseball Preview: Charlotte Catholic Cougars vs. East Mecklenburg Eagles
Charlotte Catholic is 6-0 against East Mecklenburg since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Charlotte Catholic Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Mecklenburg Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Charlotte Catholic: 2.9, East Mecklenburg: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Charlotte Catholic beat Christ School 4-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Charlotte Catholic.
Brody Roderick looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Charlotte Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Hoffman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Cooper Gornet, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, East Mecklenburg's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 10-0 defeat at the hands of Charlotte Catholic. East Mecklenburg has struggled against Charlotte Catholic recently, as their match on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Charlotte Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for East Mecklenburg, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Charlotte Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Mecklenburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Charlotte Catholic's way against East Mecklenburg when the teams last played on Tuesday as Charlotte Catholic made off with a 10-0 win. Will Charlotte Catholic repeat their success, or does East Mecklenburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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