The Lake Catholic Cougars will square off against the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Lake Catholic will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Lake Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Geneva a 15-0 shutout on Thursday. With that win, the Cougars brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Shea Sievers
| 05/01/25 vs Geneva | 7 |
| 04/05/25 vs South | 6 |
| 04/21/25 @ Mentor | 3 |
| 04/11/25 @ Holy Name | 3 |
| 04/16/25 vs Elyria Catholic | 2 |
Shea Sievers was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one run.
In other batting news, Lake Catholic got a big performance out of Joe Nagy, who got on base in both of his plate appearances with three runs. A.J. Trobenter was another key player, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Lake Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .421. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Geneva only posted a batting average of .118.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Padua Franciscan ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They walked away with a 9-5 victory over St. Vincent-St. Mary. The win was familiar territory for the Bruins, who have now won five games in a row.
Padua Franciscan pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.2 runs over those games. As for Lake Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 14-2.
Lake Catholic couldn't quite get it done against Padua Franciscan in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-1. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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