Baseball Game Preview: Catholic Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 3:41am

Baseball Preview: Catholic Rockets vs. Sylvan Hills Bears

The Catholic Rockets will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Sylvan Hills Bears at 5:00 p.m. Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Sylvan Hills' hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Conway, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Catholic was ranked 20th). Catholic fell just short of Conway by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday. Catholic's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Sylvan Hills gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They never let ESTEM onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Sylvan Hills who now have five in a row.

Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Sylvan Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season.

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