Peninsula Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last nine games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Life Christian Academy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Peninsula Catholic will be strutting in after a victory while Life Christian Academy will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Peninsula Catholic beat Norfolk Christian 6-3.
Austin Muth made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Muth has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Muth was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.
Muth wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Aidan Casey, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, Life Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 16-2 to Kenston Forest.
Peninsula Catholic's win ended a nine-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-13. As for Life Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Peninsula Catholic came up short against Life Christian Academy in their previous meeting last Monday, falling 9-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Life Christian Academy's Gavin Spiegel, who struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Now that Peninsula Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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