St. Mary Central Catholic is 5-0 against Danbury since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Danbury Lakers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Mary Central Catholic has three straight victories, Danbury has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Mary Central Catholic will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Monroeville on Saturday. St. Mary Central Catholic put the hurt on Monroeville with a sharp 11-1 win.
Will Bruni tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Brayden Gill and Cayden Wikel did most of the damage at the plate: Gill scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Wikel scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Gill is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Blake Finneran, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Danbury lost 9-2 to Hopewell-Loudon on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Danbury has lost by exactly seven runs.
Danbury saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Park Wilhite, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
St. Mary Central Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-11-1 record this season. As for Danbury, their loss dropped their record down to 4-15.
St. Mary Central Catholic skirted past Danbury 3-1 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Mary Central Catholic since the squad 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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