The St. Thomas More Cougars will square off against the False River Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
St. Thomas More made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Opelousas Catholic, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Cougars put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 13-1 win on Wednesday. Considering the Cougars have won 14 contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, False River waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 12-9 victory over the Bulldogs.
False River let Wyatt Orilion and Matthew Gradfeo run wild. Orilion scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Gradfeo scored two runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Orilion a new career-high in RBI (three). Cruz Pourciau was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
St. Thomas More has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for False River, their victory bumped their record up to 5-17-1.
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