Baseball Game Preview: Forest Wildcats vs. Trinity Catholic Celtics

The Forest Wildcats will head out to take on the Trinity Catholic Celtics at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

Forest proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Dunnellon, sneaking past 9-7. The victory continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won three in a row.

Michael Dominguez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February.

Robert Kohler

Hits (Career)

03/25/25 vs Dunnellon	4
03/18/25 vs Trenton	3
03/29/24 vs Belleview	3
02/13/25 vs Seminole	2
04/17/24 vs Dunnellon	2

In other batting news, Robert Kohler was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kyle Deranzio, who went 2-for-4 with one home run.

Forest kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post 11 or more hits.

Meanwhile, Trinity Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They came up short against Crystal River, falling 11-0.

Trinity Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Forest, their record is now 10-8.

Forest couldn't quite get it done against Trinity Catholic in their previous meeting back in February as they fell 4-0. Can Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.