Baseball Preview: Castle Knights vs. Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats
Castle is 8-2 against Evansville Mater Dei since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Castle Knights will head out on the road to take on the Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. Castle is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Castle can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Evansville Memorial as Castle made off with a 9-3 win.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Evansville Mater Dei sidestepped Evansville Memorial for a 6-5 victory.
Charlie Hoffman was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Schickel, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Castle's win bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Evansville Mater Dei, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
Everything went Castle's way against Evansville Mater Dei in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Castle made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Castle since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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