The Neumann Celtics will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 7:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Neumann: 1.5, Salpointe Catholic: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Neumann put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Capistrano Valley Christian as Neumann made off with a 9-1 victory.
Meanwhile, Salpointe Catholic had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Gaels out 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for Salpointe Catholic as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jose Simon and Aciel Guillen did most of the damage at the plate: Simon went 1-for-3 with a home run, while Guillen went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Adan Koch Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Neumann's victory bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Salpointe Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
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