Baseball Game Preview: Archbishop Wood Vikings vs. Lansdale Catholic Crusaders

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Previous Games

04/10/24 - Home	5-4 W
05/08/23 - Away	11-8 W
05/04/22 - Home	10-0 W
04/19/21 - Home	10-0 W
04/25/19 - Home	6-5 W
+ 4 more games

Archbishop Wood is a perfect 9-0 against Lansdale Catholic since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Vikings will look to defend their home field against the Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. Neither Archbishop Wood nor Lansdale Catholic posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Archbishop Wood's offense. They fell just short of Conwell-Egan Catholic by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. The loss was the Vikings' first of the season.

Archbishop Wood got a good showing from Mason Burlingame, who didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. Burlingame has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits any time he's pitched this season.

Meanwhile, Lansdale Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They came up short against La Salle College, falling 15-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Crusaders were not able to get on the board.

Lansdale Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Archbishop Wood, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.

Lansdale Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Archbishop Wood has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Lansdale Catholic, though, as they've been averaging only 3.4 strikeouts. Will Archbishop Wood keep running through batters, or will the Crusaders buck the trend?

Archbishop Wood skirted past Lansdale Catholic 5-4 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crusaders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.