Clearwater Central Catholic is on a six-game streak of home losses, and St. Petersburg Catholic a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders will look to defend their home field against the St. Petersburg Catholic Barons at 7:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Clearwater Central Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Indian Rocks Christian and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Petersburg Catholic). They blew past Tarpon Springs 12-4 on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Barons considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Ethan Carbonell made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one double and one RBI.
In other batting news, Aidan Heelan was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March of 2024. Another player making a difference was Max Newman, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one run.
St. Petersburg Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
St. Petersburg Catholic's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-12. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-15.
Clearwater Central Catholic beat St. Petersburg Catholic 6-2 in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Do the Marauders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Barons turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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