Preview: Cathedral Catholic Dons vs. Simi Valley Pioneers
The Cathedral Catholic Dons will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Simi Valley Pioneers at 1:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cathedral Catholic: 2.2, Simi Valley: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cathedral Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars and snuck past 4-2.
Cathedral Catholic got a great performance from Trey Telfer as he struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and not a single walk). Owen Smyth relieved him and did a solid job, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Joseph Anderson, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Alex Harrington, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Simi Valley's offense. They fell just short of Royal by a score of 1-0 on Friday. The match marked that first time this season in which Simi Valley was not able to get on the board.
Diego Barajas was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Simi Valley saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hector Pina, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Cathedral Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Simi Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5-2.
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