The Fleetwood Tigers will challenge the Berks Catholic Saints at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Berks Catholic will be up against a hot Fleetwood squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Fleetwood's pitchers stepped up to hand Daniel Boone a 17-0 shutout on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last contest, Berks Catholic made sure to put some runs up on the board against Reading on Tuesday. Berks Catholic blew past Reading 17-1. Considering the Saints' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Giana Mirenda was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Berks Catholic got a massive performance out of Bryanna Gallagher, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave Gallagher a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Celeste Mirenda, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4.
Berks Catholic always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .615. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Reading only posted an OBP of .167.
Berks Catholic's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Fleetwood, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Fleetwood suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Berks Catholic in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Fleetwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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