The Castle Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Evansville Central Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Castle is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
Castle proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by ten) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Evansville Mater Dei, sneaking past 7-6.
Heritage Hills typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Evansville Central proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Patriots with a sharp 11-1 win. The Bears haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Hunter Broshears made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Evansville Central is 3-1 when Broshears allows one or fewer earned runs, but 3-15 otherwise. Broshears was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Devon DeJarnette was incredible, going 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Evansville Central's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 3-15 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Ayden Owen, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Evansville Central kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Castle's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Evansville Central, their record now sits at 6-16.
Castle beat Evansville Central 5-2 in their previous matchup last Friday. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Knights since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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