The St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers will take on the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Mary Central Catholic 3.5, Gibsonburg 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, St. Mary Central Catholic beat Sandusky 8-4. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly four runs.
Austin Gill
| 04/12/25 vs Sandusky | 3 |
| 04/03/25 @ Port Clinton | 2 |
| 05/09/24 @ Calvert | 2 |
| 04/16/24 vs St. Joseph Central Catholic | 2 |
| 04/11/25 @ Danbury | 1 |
St. Mary Central Catholic let Austin Gill and Reid Wikel run wild. Gill scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Wikel scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave Gill a new career-high. Leo Will was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
St. Mary Central Catholic hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Gibsonburg had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Golden Bears have won three games by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Gibsonburg pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.0 runs over those games. As for St. Mary Central Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
St. Mary Central Catholic skirted past Gibsonburg 2-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Golden Bears have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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