Juan Diego Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They walked away with a 10-7 win over the Tooele Buffaloes. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Juan Diego Catholic also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Andrew Lombana was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Lombana was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with three doubles and an RBI.
In other batting news, Castle Huggard and Caden Fenger did most of the damage at the plate: Huggard scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Fenger scored a run while going 2-for-4. Kayson Larson was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
On Tooele's side, Madex Vonhatten was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two doubles, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Connor Higgins, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Juan Diego Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Tooele, they dropped their record down to 7-17 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Juan Diego Catholic will have a chance to go back-to-back against Tooele: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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