Baseball Preview: Cathedral Fighting Irish vs. Center Grove Trojans
The Cathedral Fighting Irish are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Center Grove Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Cathedral's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Center Grove's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Cathedral had to settle for a 5-3 loss against Lawrence North.
Bo Cooper was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Center Grove put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bedford North Lawrence and snuck past 6-4.
Center Grove saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Easton Smith, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Cathedral now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Center Grove, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0.
Cathedral took their victory against Center Grove in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 7-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cathedral since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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