Cathedral Catholic and Granite Hills are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Cathedral Catholic Dons will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Granite Hills Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cathedral Catholic: 3.8, Granite Hills: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cathedral Catholic lost 9-3 to Rancho Bernardo on Wednesday.
Trey Gudoy was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run. Joseph Anderson was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, Cathedral Catholic lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. This was only their second loss (out of eight games) when they post two or more home runs.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills and Torrey Pines squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Granite Hills had to settle for second. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Falcons.
Granite Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Figuered, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Cathedral Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 23-9. As for Granite Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 22-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cathedral Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Granite Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cathedral Catholic couldn't quite finish off Granite Hills in their previous meeting back in March and fell 2-0. Can Cathedral Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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