The Central Private Redhawks will venture away from home to take on the Archbishop Hannan Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Central Private nor Archbishop Hannan posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Central Private fell victim to Northlake Christian and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wolverines. The contest marked the first time this year in which the Redhawks were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Hannan got themselves on the board against Belle Chasse on Thursday, but Belle Chasse never followed suit. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cardinals, sneaking past 1-0. The Hawks haven't had any issues with the Cardinals recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Not much got past Sammy Loeb, who gave up just a hit to keep Belle Chasse off the board. Loeb is becoming a predictor of Archbishop Hannan's success: when he allows at most three hits the team is 2-1 (and 3-6 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Archbishop Hannan saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jay Lachney, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
Central Private's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.2 runs over those games. As for Archbishop Hannan, their victory bumped their record up to 5-7.
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