Baseball Preview: Bradford Owls vs. Elk County Catholic Crusaders
Bradford is 1-7 against Elk County Catholic since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bradford Owls will be playing in front of their home fans against the Elk County Catholic Crusaders at 4:30 p.m.
Bradford lost 14-1 to Punxsutawney on Wednesday. Bradford has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bradford saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mitch Brinsky, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Elk County Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Brockway on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Elk County Catholic.
Bradford's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-9. As for Elk County Catholic, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8.
Elk County Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Bradford has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Elk County Catholic, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1. Will Bradford keep running through batters, or will Elk County Catholic buck the trend?
Bradford came up short against Elk County Catholic in their previous meeting on Tuesday, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Elk County Catholic's Lance O'Neill, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Bradford knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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