Central Catholic waltzed into their contest on Monday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Barlow Bruins a 5-0 shutout. For Central Catholic, this counts as revenge for the 4-2 defeat Barlow walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2023.
Not much got past Gracie Huston, who gave up just three hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Barlow off the board. Huston has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Olivia Pompetti was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Central Catholic pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Barlow, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.
Central Catholic will head out on the road to challenge Gresham at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season. As for Barlow, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Sandy at 6:00 p.m. Barlow and Sandy are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
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