Baseball Preview: Gresham Gophers vs. Central Catholic Rams
Gresham is 2-8 against Central Catholic since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Gresham Gophers will head out on the road to challenge the Central Catholic Rams at 4:00 p.m.
Gresham is is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They fell 4-0 to Barlow.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. Everything went their way against Nelson as they made off with a 9-3 win. Considering Central Catholic has won eight matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Grant McKey spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on three hits.
At the plate, Aiden Rice was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Touissaint Kaptur, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Gresham's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Central Catholic, they pushed their record up to 13-7 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Gresham suffered a grim 20-1 defeat to Central Catholic when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Gresham avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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