Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over the South Sioux City Cardinals. That's more bragging rights for Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Isaac Guenther was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
On South Sioux City's side, Darrius Helms was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, South Sioux City didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer only tossed seven.
Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for South Sioux City, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-5.
Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer will head out on the road to challenge Centennial on Saturday. Guardian Angels Central Catholic/West Point Beemer is facing Centennial at the right time seeing as Centennial is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for South Sioux City, they will look to defend their home field in their first game on Saturday against Lincoln Christian at 4:00 p.m.
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