Salem had lost four straight at home, but on Saturday they dropped down to 8-12 to make it five. They lost 7-0 to the Resurrection Catholic Eagles. The shutout was out of character for the Wildcats seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
As for Resurrection Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a massive bump to their 8-18 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.1 runs over those games.
For Resurrection Catholic's part, not much got past Wyatt Schnoor, who gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Salem off the board.
At the plate, Cortez King was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Resurrection Catholic is 4-1 when King posts two or more runs, but 4-17 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Collin McCormick, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
As of now, neither Salem nor Resurrection Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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