The Roncalli Catholic Crimson Pride have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Douglas County West Falcon at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Roncalli Catholic fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Nebraska City on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Pioneers by a score of 7-6.
Roncalli Catholic got a good showing from Charlie Fehringer, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Sonny Digilio and Abel Jimenez Escobar stepped up to the plate in a big way. Digilio scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Jimenez Escobar scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Toren Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Roncalli Catholic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Douglas County West came up short against Platteview on Saturday and fell 6-1.
Jonas Meairs-Richman made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Croom, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.
Roncalli Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Douglas County West, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
Roncalli Catholic came up short against Douglas County West when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 4-1. Thankfully for Roncalli Catholic, Wrigley Strong (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 6.1 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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