Allentown Central Catholic is 1-9 against Parkland since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Allentown Central Catholic Vikings will look to defend their home field against the Parkland Trojans at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Allentown Central Catholic will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Tuesday, then bounced right back against William Allen on Thursday. Everything went Allentown Central Catholic's way against William Allen as Allentown Central Catholic made off with a 10-4 victory.
Nolan Young was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jake Strobl, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Parkland sidestepped Pocono Mountain West for a 5-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Parkland.
Parkland's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Louis Inserra, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Andrew Klotz was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Allentown Central Catholic's win bumped their record up to 8-11. As for Parkland, their victory bumped their record up to 14-5.
Allentown Central Catholic couldn't quite finish off Parkland when the teams last played back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Parkland's Michael Kohler, who didn't allow a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. Now that Allentown Central Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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