Baseball Game Preview: Eastside Catholic Crusaders vs. Seattle Prep Panthers

Eastside Catholic is 8-2 against Seattle Prep since June of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Crusaders are taking a road trip to challenge the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Eastside Catholic will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Garfield on Friday. The Crusaders never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with an 11-0 win. Considering the Crusaders' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Eastside Catholic got a great performance from Tristan Weigum as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Weigum has posted since back in March of 2025.

Hudson Schock

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/10/26 vs Garfield	3
04/16/25 vs Lakeside	2
03/24/25 vs Bishop Blanchet	2
03/23/26 @ Bishop Blanchet	1
03/21/26 vs Puyallup	1

At the plate, Hudson Schock and Kobe Reese did most of the damage at the plate: Schock got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base, while Reese went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those three RBI gave Schock a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Long, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.

Eastside Catholic always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .586. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Seattle Prep had just enough and edged out Edmonds-Woodway 3-2 on Saturday.

Seattle Prep is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Eastside Catholic, their record is now 4-7.

Eastside Catholic got the 'W' when the teams last played back in April of 2025 against Seattle Prep by a conclusive 14-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Crusaders since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.