The Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish will challenge the Skutt Catholic SkyHawks at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Bishop McGuinness is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
On Thursday, Bishop McGuinness got the win against Miami by a conclusive 8-1. Considering the Fighting Irish have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Kaleb Anderson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up ten Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
Rocky Joyce
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Rocky Joyce, who scored three runs and stole Three bases. while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Aiden Monigold, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Bishop McGuinness was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Skutt Catholic kicked off their season on the road on Thursday and hit a couple of potholes. They fell just short of Deer Creek by a score of 9-8.
Joe Kolega was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Bubba Day, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Bishop McGuinness pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Skutt Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
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