Baseball Preview: Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds vs. Campbell County Camels
Newport Central Catholic is 0-8 against Campbell County since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds will head out on the road to face off against the Campbell County Camels at 12:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Newport Central Catholic is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Conner on Friday. They lost 19-2 to the Cougars.
Newport Central Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Seiter, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Campbell County unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Dixie Heights by a score of 5-3.
Zach Franzen was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Newport Central Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Campbell County, their loss dropped their record down to 14-8.
Newport Central Catholic might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Campbell County in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Campbell County's Nate Delaney, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Now that Newport Central Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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