The Lutheran North Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Cardinal Mooney Catholic Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Lutheran North 1, Cardinal Mooney Catholic 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cardinal Mooney Catholic will be up against a hot Lutheran North team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. The Mustangs' pitchers stepped up to hand Anchor Bay a 5-0 shutout on Saturday. Five seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Mooney Catholic came up short against Richmond on Saturday and fell 4-1. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their meetings with the Blue Devils: they've now lost four in a row.
Cardinal Mooney Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Michaux, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. That run was Michaux's first of the season.
Cardinal Mooney Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Lutheran North, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Lutheran North was able to grind out a solid win over Cardinal Mooney Catholic in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 4-1. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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