Baseball Preview: Cathedral Fighting Irish vs. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans
After four games on the road, Cathedral is heading back home. They will take on the Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cathedral is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Cathedral can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Marian Catholic a 9-0 shutout.
Cathedral got a great performance from Neal Parrish as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. Parrish has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Chase Nickols and Patrick Mazur did most of the damage at the plate: Nickols scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Mazur scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of J.T. Stiner, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Indianapolis Bishop Chatard had to settle for a 9-7 loss against Park Tudor on Monday.
Cathedral is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-8.
Everything went Cathedral's way against Indianapolis Bishop Chatard when the teams last played on Wednesday as Cathedral made off with a 7-0 win. Will Cathedral repeat their success, or does Indianapolis Bishop Chatard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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