The Sacred Heart Indians will head out to face off against the Bishop Reicher Catholic Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Sacred Heart is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Hill Country Christian 18-2 on Thursday. Considering the Indians have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Bishop Reicher Catholic ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Valor Preparatory Academy 21-20. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Cougars' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
TJ Bradley was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off three hits. He has become a key player for Bishop Reicher Catholic: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 0-8 otherwise. Bradley was even better at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing Five bases. while getting on base in six of his seven plate appearances. Those five stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Bishop Reicher Catholic let Wyatt Brown and Mackinnon Sammon run wild. Brown scored three runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances, while Sammon scored three runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances. The dominant performance gave Sammon a new career-high in stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of David Meyer, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Bishop Reicher Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .412. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Sacred Heart's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-5. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bishop Reicher Catholic, with the victory, they broke their five-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-9.
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