Baseball Game Preview: St. Mary's Hawks vs. Gehlen Catholic Jays

St. Mary is on a 16-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Gehlen Catholic is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hawks will host the Jays on Tuesday. St. Mary's knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Gehlen Catholic likes a good challenge.

St. Mary's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Woodbury Central as they made off with a 10-0 win. Considering the Hawks have won 19 contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, Gehlen Catholic earned a 5-0 victory over Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union on Saturday. The win continues a trend for the Jays in their matchups with the Royals: they've now won four in a row.

St. Mary's victory bumped their record up to 22-1. As for Gehlen Catholic, they now have a winning record of 15-14.

St. Mary's took their win against Gehlen Catholic in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 15-0 score. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Jays have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.