Northwestern is 1-6 against Lafayette Central Catholic since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Northwestern Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lafayette Central Catholic Knights at 6:00 p.m.
Northwestern is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Hamilton Heights on Wednesday. They fell victim to a rough 7-1 defeat at the hands of the Huskies.
Northwestern saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonathan Keeney, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Lafayette Central Catholic stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Everything went their way against Rensselaer Central as Lafayette Central Catholic made off with a 16-4 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Lafayette Central Catholic needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Northwestern's loss dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Lafayette Central Catholic, they pushed their record up to 11-4 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Northwestern came up short against Lafayette Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 5-0. Will Northwestern have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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