Baseball Preview: Central Catholic Rams vs. Jesuit Crusaders
The Central Catholic Rams will head out on the road to square off against the Jesuit Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Catholic is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Central Catholic can't be too worried about heading out to take on Jesuit: they just beat Clackamas at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Central Catholic won by a run and slipped past Clackamas 2-1.
Spencer Marron was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Marron was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other pitching news, Logan Anzellotti looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Wyatt Brown was excellent, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Jesuit's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Grants Pass by a score of 9-7.
Johnny Ingalls was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits.
At the plate, Dustin Doherty made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Miller, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Central Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Jesuit, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-9.
Central Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Jesuit when the teams last played back in March of 2022, winning 9-5. Will Central Catholic repeat their success, or does Jesuit have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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