On Wednesday, Mandeville faced Catholic-B.R. in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mandeville Skippers came out on top against the Catholic-B.R. Bears by a score of 4-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mandeville.
Aidan Grab tossed a big game, pitching 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mason Hickman was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Wes Carr, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases.
On Catholic-B.R.'s side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooks Wright, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Mandeville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Catholic-B.R., their defeat ended a 15-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 18-2.
Mandeville will have a chance to go back-to-back against Catholic-B.R.: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
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