The Cathedral Fighting Irish will be taking part in a tournament against the New Mexico Military Institute Colts at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Cathedral will be strutting in after a victory while New Mexico Military Institute will be coming in after a defeat.
Cathedral is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Chaparral on Tuesday as Cathedral made off with a 23-11 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Fighting Irish considering their two-run performance the contest before.
The team relied heavily on Alonso Romero, who went 4-for-5 with four runs, three doubles, and two RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Medrano, who scored four runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Cathedral always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .604. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chaparral only posted an OBP of .400.
Meanwhile, New Mexico Military Institute suffered their biggest loss since March 26, 2024 on Friday. They came up short against Da Vinci, falling 12-2.
Cathedral is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. New Mexico Military Institute's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
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