On Tuesday, Jesuit faced Central Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Jesuit Crusaders came out on top against the Central Catholic Rams by a score of 9-5. This was payback for Jesuit, who suffered a 9-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
For Central Catholic's part, Cade Gehlen was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Touissaint Kaptur, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Jesuit is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for Central Catholic, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-9.
Jesuit will play host again on Thursday to welcome South Salem, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. South Salem will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Jesuit surely won't give up without a fight. As for Central Catholic, they will head out on the road to square off against Tualatin at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Central Catholic: 3, Tualatin: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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