Baseball Preview: Cathedral Catholic Dons vs. Rancho Bernardo Broncos
Cathedral Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Rancho Bernardo Broncos at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cathedral Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let St. Augustine onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. That's two games straight that Cathedral Catholic has won by exactly six runs.
Luke Eger looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Cathedral Catholic's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Perritano, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Rancho Bernardo faced St. Augustine in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Rancho Bernardo sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 win over St. Augustine. Winning may never get old, but Rancho Bernardo sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Rancho Bernardo also got a great performance from MASON GARRIS as he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. GARRIS has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, NATHAN BEMBENEK and HUGO GONZALEZ did most of the damage at the plate: BEMBENEK scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while GONZALEZ scored a run while going 2-for-2. Brady Strachan was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Cathedral Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. As for Rancho Bernardo, they pushed their record up to 23-6 with that victory, which was their 14th straight at home.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Cathedral Catholic hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Rancho Bernardo struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Cathedral Catholic came up short against Rancho Bernardo when the teams last played back in March, falling 9-4. Can Cathedral Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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