Baseball Game Preview: Eastside Catholic Crusaders vs. Kentwood Conquerors

The Eastside Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Kentwood Conquerors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastside Catholic will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

On Wednesday, Eastside Catholic beat West Seattle 5-2.

Meanwhile, Kentwood owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Auburn 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Conquerors.

Not much got past Jack Coleman, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Auburn off the board. Coleman also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Kentwood is 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 4-9 otherwise.

At the plate, Kentwood's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jett Chavez, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run. Those three hits gave Chavez a new career-high. Brandon Bail also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Eastside Catholic pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for Kentwood, their record now sits at 7-10.