Baseball Preview: Conner Cougars vs. Covington Catholic Colonels
Conner and Covington Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Conner Cougars will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Covington Catholic Colonels at 5:00 p.m.
Conner is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering West Clermont just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-2 walloping at the hands of the Wolves. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Conner couldn't push the score so high this time.
Conner saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Bushman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Covington Catholic stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They put the hurt on West Clermont with a sharp 12-2 victory. That's two games straight that Covington Catholic has won by exactly ten runs.
Conner's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Covington Catholic, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-1.
Conner skirted past Covington Catholic 1-0 in their previous matchup on April 6th. Does Conner have another victory up their sleeve, or will Covington Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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