The St. Joseph Central Irish will venture away from home to take on the Chesapeake Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph Central is coming into the contest hot, having won their last ten games.
If St. Joseph Central beats Chesapeake with 11 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Irish beat Grace Christian on Monday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-6.
Hudson Moosavi and Jacob Courts made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Moosavi struck out seven batters over two innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Courts pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Moosavi has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances. At the plate, Moosavi got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run, while Courts went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
In other batting news, Wyatt Pence was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. David Beane was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Chesapeake was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They came up short against Ironton, falling 11-0. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Fighting Tigers recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Chesapeake saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan White, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double. That double was White's first of the season.
St. Joseph Central pushed their record up to 16-4 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Chesapeake, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13-1.
