With a playoff game on the line, Cathedral Catholic rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the Eastlake Titans 8-2. This was payback for Cathedral Catholic, who suffered an 11-4 loss the last time these two teams met.
Owen Smyth spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on four hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Michael Podstreleny was incredible, firing off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Hunter Harrington, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
On Eastlake's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Betanco, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Eastlake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cathedral Catholic didn't tossed any.
Cathedral Catholic's win bumped their record up to 21-8. As for Eastlake, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 22-7.
Cathedral Catholic will stay at home for another game and welcome St. Augustine at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Augustine: 2.7, Cathedral Catholic: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Eastlake does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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