Baseball Game Preview: Lafayette Central Catholic Knights vs. Rossville Hornets

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Previous 5 Games

04/26/24 - Away	9-0 W
06/03/23 - Neutral	9-0 W
04/28/23 - Home	9-3 W
06/04/22 - Neutral	10-0 W
04/29/22 - Away	2-0 W

Lafayette Central Catholic is a perfect 5-0 against Rossville since April of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Knights will look to defend their home field against the Hornets at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Lafayette Central Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last three games.

If Lafayette Central Catholic beats Rossville with 11 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Knights came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrison on Thursday, sneaking past 11-9. Lafayette Central Catholic's victory was all the more impressive since the Raiders were averaging only 3.23 runs allowed on the season.

Meanwhile, Rossville didn't have quite enough to beat Delphi Community on Thursday and fell 5-4.

Rossville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was RJ Vantuinen, who went 2-for-3 with one run.

Lafayette Central Catholic's win bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Rossville, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 11-4.

Everything went Lafayette Central Catholic's way against Rossville when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Lafayette Central Catholic made off with a 9-0 victory. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hornets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.