The Sotomayor WILDCATS will head out to square off against the Central Catholic Buttons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sotomayor is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Sotomayor made easy work of Holmes and carried off a 13-3 win. That's two games straight that the WILDCATS have won by exactly ten runs.
Evan Fine
| 03/21/25 @ Holmes | 3 |
| 03/18/25 vs Holmes | 2 |
| 03/05/24 @ Holmes | 2 |
| 03/07/25 @ O'Connor | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs MacArthur | 1 |
Sotomayor let Evan Fine and Isaac Staten run wild. Fine scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Staten scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Those three runs gave Fine a new career-high. Kolaiah Staten also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic waltzed into their match on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over the Eagles.
Garrett Ticer was excellent, going 2-for-5 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. Jason Herrera was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Sotomayor pushed their record up to 8-4-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 7.25 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.44 in the others. As for Central Catholic, their record is now 12-4-1.
Sotomayor came up short against Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in February, falling 6-1. Can Sotomayor avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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