The St. Xavier Tigers will take on the Providence Catholic Celtics at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: North Bullitt, who was ranked 16th at the time (St. Xavier was ranked tenth). The Tigers blew past the Eagles 13-4 on Tuesday. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since May 9, 2019, but that streak is no more.
Jakob Reed looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit.
At the plate, Donnie Sinkhorn was excellent, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was Jaxon Coomer, who scored two runs while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Providence Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lions a 16-0 shutout.
Providence Catholic's win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for St. Xavier, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
St. Xavier came out on top in a nail-biter against Providence Catholic in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Celtics turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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