Baseball Game Preview: Canton Central Catholic Crusaders vs. Perry Pirates

The Canton Central Catholic Crusaders will take on the Perry Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Canton Central Catholic sitting on five straight victories and Perry on 11.

Canton Central Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Brookside as they made off with a 9-1 win. Considering the Crusaders have won nine games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Perry ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake Catholic, sneaking past 12-11. 12 seems to be a good number for the Pirates as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Perry's win bumped their record up to 23-6. As for Canton Central Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 20-4-1.