Baseball Preview: Yuma Catholic Shamrocks vs. Odyssey Institute Minotaur
The Yuma Catholic Shamrocks will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Odyssey Institute Minotaur, where first pitch is scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Tuesday, everything went Yuma Catholic's way against Safford as Yuma Catholic made off with a 16-1 win.
Meanwhile, Odyssey Institute waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They put the hurt on the Gophers with a sharp 20-6 victory.
Odyssey Institute got a massive performance out of Tyler Connell, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with a home run, five runs, and two stolen bases. Connell continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Patrick Murray, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and a stolen base.
Yuma Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. As for Odyssey Institute, their win bumped their record up to 16-8-1.
Yuma Catholic beat Odyssey Institute 4-0 when the teams last played back in March. Will Yuma Catholic repeat their success, or does Odyssey Institute have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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