Eastside Catholic proved they can win big last Friday (they won by ten) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past the Lakeside Lions 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Crusaders also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.
Tristan Weigum spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits. He has become a key player for Eastside Catholic: the team is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 4-5 otherwise.
Will Crain
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At the plate, Eastside Catholic's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Will Crain, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave Crain a new career-high.
Eastside Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Lakeside, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-5.
Eastside Catholic will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Lions: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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