The Catholic Bears will challenge the Live Oak Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Catholic: 2, Live Oak: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Catholic's offense. They fell just short of Live Oak by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Bears were not able to get on the board.
Lucas Lawrence was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (one).
On the hitting side, Catholic saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Davis Emonet, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Live Oak pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs over those games. As for Catholic, their loss ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2.
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