The Beechwood Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Covington Catholic Colonels at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Beechwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Beechwood is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Dixie Heights just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 8-1 to the Colonels. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, Beechwood couldn't push the score so high this time.
Beechwood saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Fryman, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Covington Catholic had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over the Camels.
Beechwood's loss dropped their record down to 19-9. As for Covington Catholic, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-1.
Beechwood came up short against Covington Catholic in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 7-4. Can Beechwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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