Baseball Game Preview: Holy Cross Cougars vs. Bullitt Central Cougars

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Holy Cross and Bullitt Central are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. Holy Cross will take on Bullitt Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Holy Cross is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.

Holy Cross made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Bethlehem, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Cougars fell just short of the Eagles/Banshees by a score of 7-5 on Thursday. The Cougars' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

Peyton McVey made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Bullitt Central took on Elizabethtown on Thursday. The Cougars never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Cougars have posted since April 1st.

Taylor Coffman tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 8.2 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

At the plate, Bullitt Central's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Logan Leber, who got on base in five of his seven plate appearances with one run.

Bullitt Central's record is now 15-12. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 15-14.