The Catholic Central Cougars will challenge the Calvin Christian Squires at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Catholic Central has ten straight wins, Calvin Christian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Catholic Central made easy work of Holland Christian and carried off an 18-8 victory. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 games by six runs or more this season.
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A Howard was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times she's played. M Schaendorf was another key player, going 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Catholic Central kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in 11 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Calvin Christian fell victim to Zeeland West and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They came up short against the Dux, falling 12-0. Considering the last time the Squires couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Catholic Central pushed their record up to 19-0-1 with the win, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Calvin Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
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