The Skutt Catholic SkyHawks are on the road again on Thursday to play the Bishop Neumann Cavaliers. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Skutt Catholic will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Monday, then bounced right back against Gross Catholic on Tuesday. Skutt Catholic's pitchers stepped up to hand Gross Catholic a 12-0 shutout. The match marked the SkyHawks' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Bishop Neumann had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They blew past the Patriots 9-1.
Bishop Neumann got a massive performance out of Jill Johnson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Adelyn Zwick, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Bishop Neumann hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Yutan-Mead struck out eight times.
Skutt Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Bishop Neumann, they pushed their record up to 12-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
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