In what's become a running theme this season, Althoff Catholic gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past the Gibault Catholic Hawks 9-2. That's more bragging rights for Althoff Catholic, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Sam Roche tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Hank Gomric was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Birdsong, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Gibault Catholic's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Frierdich, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Althoff Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. As for Gibault Catholic, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-10.
Althoff Catholic will head out on the road to take on Metro-East Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Metro-East Lutheran is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season. As for Gibault Catholic, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Father McGivney Catholic at 4:30 p.m. Father McGivney Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 11.4 runs per game this season.
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