The Archbishop Hannan Hawks will take on the Slidell Tigers in a tournament on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Archbishop Hannan: 3.1, Slidell: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Friday, Archbishop Hannan beat Central Private 6-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Archbishop Hannan got a big performance out of Patrick Kennedy, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three RBI. The dominant performance gave Kennedy a new career-high in stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Lachney, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Slidell challenged French Settlement on Friday. Everything went Slidell's way against French Settlement as Slidell made off with a 13-4 victory.
Slidell also got a great performance from Carter Bucholz as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only a hit over six innings pitched. Bucholz has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Elijah Strahan, who scored three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Troy Green was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-4.
Slidell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
The win got Slidell back to even at 6-6. As for Archbishop Hannan, their victory bumped their record up to 6-7.
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