Elk County Catholic is 2-8 against DuBois Central Catholic since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Elk County Catholic Crusaders will take on the DuBois Central Catholic Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Elk County Catholic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Elk County Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Keystone as Elk County Catholic made off with a 12-2 victory. Elk County Catholic's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Elk County Catholic let Lance O'Neill and Frankie Smith loose on the outfield. O'Neill scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Smith scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Wil Wortman, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, neither DuBois Central Catholic nor Moniteau could gain the upper hand last Wednesday so the two teams had to settle for a 3-3 tie.
Elk County Catholic's win bumped their record up to 9-10. With that tie, DuBois Central Catholic's record moves to 10-8-2.
Elk County Catholic suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to DuBois Central Catholic when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of DuBois Central Catholic's Blake Pisarcik, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Now that Elk County 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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