Baseball Preview: East Hardy Cougars vs. Charleston Catholic Irish
The East Hardy Cougars will square off against the Charleston Catholic Irish at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. East Hardy is coming into the contest hot, having won their last ten games.
In what's become a running theme this season, East Hardy gave their fans yet another huge win last Tuesday. Everything went their way against South Harrison as East Hardy made off with an 8-0 victory.
Not much got past NOAH SAGER, who gave up just one hit to keep South Harrison off the board.
At the plate, GARRETT VANMETER and EVAN HAMILTON did most of the damage at the plate: VANMETER scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while HAMILTON scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of LEVI PRICE, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Charleston Catholic faced Hoover in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Charleston Catholic took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hoover. Charleston Catholic's loss signaled the end of their ten-game winning streak.
East Hardy is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. As for Charleston Catholic, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 29-4.
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