Baseball Preview: Castle Knights vs. Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats
Castle is 8-2 against Evansville Mater Dei since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Castle Knights will be playing at home against the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Castle, who comes in off a win.
Castle can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Evansville Memorial as Castle made off with a 9-3 victory. The win was some much needed relief for Castle as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Evansville Mater Dei didn't have quite enough to beat Evansville Reitz on Tuesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Evansville Mater Dei has lost by just one run.
Evansville Mater Dei saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drake Branson, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Castle's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Evansville Mater Dei, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-7.
Castle took their win against Evansville Mater Dei when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0. Does Castle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Evansville Mater Dei turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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