Althoff Catholic is 6-1 against Metro-East Lutheran since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Althoff Catholic gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They blew past Gibault Catholic 9-2.
Althoff Catholic got a great performance from Sam Roche as he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hank Gomric, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyler Birdsong, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran has not done well against Althoff Catholic recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Metro-East Lutheran came out on top in a nail-biter against Althoff Catholic and snuck past 8-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Metro-East Lutheran.
The team relied heavily on Sammy Huber, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Althoff Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Althoff Catholic couldn't quite finish off Metro-East Lutheran in their previous meeting on Tuesday and fell 8-6. Can Althoff Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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