On Tuesday, Central Catholic faced Jesuit in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Central Catholic Rams fell 9-5 to the Jesuit Crusaders. Central Catholic was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Jesuit apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in March of 2022.
Cade Gehlen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Touissaint Kaptur was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Central Catholic's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-9. As for Jesuit, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Central Catholic is on the road again on Wednesday to play Tualatin at 5:00 p.m. Tualatin's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Central Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Jesuit, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against South Salem at 5:00 p.m. South Salem is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.9 runs per game this season.
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