Tates Creek and Lexington Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Tates Creek Commodores will head out on the road to take on the Lexington Catholic Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lexington Catholic took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Tates Creek, who comes in off a win.
Tates Creek can't be too worried about heading out to take on Lexington Catholic: they just beat Boyle County at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Tates Creek narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Boyle County 7-5. Seven seems to be a good number for Tates Creek as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
JT Cooper looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, DJ Carter was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Moore, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Lexington Catholic faced Frederick Douglass in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Lexington Catholic fell just short of Frederick Douglass by a score of 6-4. Lexington Catholic has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tates Creek has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11 record this season. As for Lexington Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-9.
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