Yuma Catholic and Northwest Christian are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Yuma Catholic Shamrocks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Northwest Christian Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Yuma Catholic: 2.2, Northwest Christian: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Northwest Christian is hoping to do on Thursday what they couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Yuma Catholic's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Yuma Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 win over Northwest Christian.
Yuma Catholic let Mickey Fox and Erik Topete loose on the outfield. Fox scored a run while going 2-for-5, while Topete scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-5. Brady Friar was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Yuma Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Northwest Christian, their defeat ended a 23-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 24-3.
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