The Pawnee Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Gibault Catholic Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Pawnee will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Pawnee can't be too worried about heading out to take on Gibault Catholic: they just beat Nokomis at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Indians put the hurt on the Redskins with a sharp 9-3 victory on Wednesday. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Gibault Catholic got the win against Christ Our Rock Lutheran on Thursday by a conclusive 8-1.
Carson Timmons made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Gibault Catholic is 5-2 when Timmons allows one or fewer earned runs, but 12-13 otherwise. Timmons was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI and two doubles. That's the most doubles he has posted since back in April.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Robert Pierpoint, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Pawnee's record is now 20-8. As for Gibault Catholic, their record now sits at 17-15.
Pawnee couldn't quite get it done against Gibault Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as they fell 6-2. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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