The Peninsula Catholic Knights will head out on the road to take on the Tallwood Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Peninsula Catholic is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Peninsula Catholic's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against TEACH Homeschool on Saturday. They lost 11-0 to the Beach Breakers.
Peninsula Catholic saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Muth, who went 2-for-2 with a double. Muth has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Peninsula Catholic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Tallwood had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They were the clear victor by a 9-2 margin over Salem on Thursday.
Carson Taylor made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Taylor was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ashdon Proctor, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Ben Thomas, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Peninsula Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-15. As for Tallwood, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-11.
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