The Franklin Community Grizzly Cubs will challenge the Cathedral Fighting Irish at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cathedral will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Franklin Community extended their winning streak to six on Wednesday. The Grizzly Cubs' pitchers stepped up to hand Mooresville a 10-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Cathedral made easy work of Columbus North on Friday and carried off a 13-2 win. The Fighting Irish might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by six runs or more this season.
Ethan Dorsey looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in May of 2024.
At the plate, Cathedral let Eli Sinsabaugh and Michael Gallagher run wild. Sinsabaugh went 2-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Gallagher went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. Cathedral is undefeated when Gallagher posts two or more runs, but 5-6 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Thomas Mariani, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs.
Cathedral was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Franklin Community pushed their record up to 11-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Cathedral, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Franklin Community came up short against Cathedral when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 5-1. Will the Grizzly Cubs have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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