The Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Key West Conchs at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Cardinal Gibbons comes in on ten and Key West on three.
Cardinal Gibbons is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Somerset Academy a 3-0 shutout.
Cardinal Gibbons got a great performance from Michael Kass as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. Kass has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Eddie Marshall was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Key West had just enough and edged Jensen Beach out 5-4 on Wednesday.
Jacob Burnham looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Key West got a big performance out of Nelson Ong, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Holland, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Cardinal Gibbons' victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-4-2. As for Key West, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season.
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