Baseball Preview: Archbishop Wood Vikings vs. Roman Catholic Cahillite
The Archbishop Wood Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Roman Catholic Cahillite at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Archbishop Wood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Archbishop Wood will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Harriton on Friday. Archbishop Wood was the clear victor by a 14-4 margin over Harriton. With that victory, Archbishop Wood brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Brady Sell looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Cubby Bailey and Chris Ortlip did most of the damage at the plate: Bailey scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Ortlip went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a run. Zach Neeld was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Roman Catholic lost 10-2 to Frankford on Friday.
Dylan Carter was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Santino Harwood made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Myles McNiff, who went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases.
Archbishop Wood's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. As for Roman Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9-1.
Archbishop Wood suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Roman Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Archbishop Wood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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