Salpointe Catholic waltzed into their match on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bishop Gorman Gaels and snuck past 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for Salpointe Catholic as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jose Simon and Aciel Guillen did most of the damage at the plate: Simon went 1-for-3 with a home run, while Guillen went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Adan Koch Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
On Bishop Gorman's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Eberwein, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Salpointe Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 9-2-1. As for Bishop Gorman, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Salpointe Catholic is on the road again on Wednesday to play Neumann at 7:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Salpointe Catholic: 3, Neumann: 1.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Bishop Gorman, they will be playing at home against Foothill at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop Gorman's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Foothill's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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